"Radium button", with instructions and holder.

Made:
London
maker:
R and J Beck

"Radium button", with instructions and holder.

Details

Category:
Radiomedicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A664828
Materials:
metal and wood
type:
radium buttons

Parts

"Radium button" purporting to contain radium bromide

"Radium button" purporting to contain radium bromide

"Radium button" purporting to contain radium bromide, with instructions and holder, by R. and J. Beck, Ltd., English

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A664828 Pt1
type:
radioactive material and instructions
Brass canister with lead lining for storage of radium button

Brass canister with lead lining for storage of radium button

Brass canister with lead lining for storage of radium button

Materials:
lead and brass
Object Number:
A664828 Pt2
type:
radioactive material and canisters