Five radium boxes shaped to fit mouth

Made:
1891-1910

Five radium boxes, containers made of lead and vulcanite, shaped to fit mouth, for holding isotope during radium treatment, c.1900

Details

Category:
Radiomedicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A662291
Materials:
lead and vulcanite
type:
radioactive material and radium boxes
credit:
Moore, W.R.