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1) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X rays in 1896.
2) In 1905, many doctors who employed X rays have died or suffered amputations to stave off cancer.
3) Patients received radium injections to treat high blood pressure, mentrual cramps, depression, and an ailment that doctor labeled "debutante's fatigue."
4) X rays had lead to external sources of radiation that could lead to grave health problems.
5) The good thing about radium is the use of medical for cancer.
Questions:
1) Why did they have X ray-proof underwear?
2) Were the ads about the radium's effect all true?
3) Why did they make a law that radium are now completely regulated?
4) How does radium glow?
Vocabularies:
1) amputation - to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery
2) prophesied - to foretell or predict
3) luminous - radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright
Literary Terms:
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Overview Sentence:
-This talks about radium, the good and the bad things about it and the history of how it all started being popular.
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