Facts: - death date: 17 may 1949 - education: boston latin school harvard university , dropped out - birth date: 25 may 1884 - name: william john aloysius bailey - birth place: boston , massachusetts Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william j. a. bailey .
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william john aloysius bailey -lrb- may 25 , 1884 -- may 17 , 1949 -rrb- was a harvard university dropout who falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine , and who promoted the use of radioactive radium as a cure for coughs , flu , and other common ailments .although bailey 's radium laboratories in east orange , new jersey was continually investigated by the federal trade commission , he died wealthy from his many devices and products , including an aphrodisiac called arium , marketed as a restorative that '' renewed happiness and youthful thrill into the lives of married peoples whose attractions to each other had weakened . ''