Radium Ore Revigator
date: label: patent date
content: 16-07-1912
notes: label: Description
content: Ceramic jar with uranium and radium in the liner. In use, the jar would be filled with water and left overnight, and the irradiated water would be consumed the next day. The inscription on this example reads “THE / RADIUM ORE REVIGATOR CO. / 260 CALIFORNIA ST. / SAN FRANCISCO, CA.” That on the lid reads “REVIGATOR / RADIUM ORE / PATS 7-16-12.” The referenced patent was issued to Curt Schmidt, a subject of the German Emperor and works director of Alum Works, near Freienwalde on-the-Oder, Germany.
label: Description
content: Ref: Curt Schmidt, "Radio-Active Material,” U.S. Patent 1,032,951 (July 16, 1912).
label: Description
content: Advertisement for “Radium Jars / Thomas” in Los Angeles Times (Dec. 10, 1924), p. A8.
label: Description
content: Advertisement for the Radium Ore Revigator Co. in Los Angeles Times (June 16, 1925), p. A7.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the American College of Radiology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0435.122
label: accession number
content: 1978.0435
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0435.122
label: collector/donor number
content: 3700
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medication jar
label: Object Name
content: x-ray equipment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 cm x 33 cm; 12 7/32 in x 13 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm