Sunshine in a bottle. The origins of using radiation as a modern cancer treatment with Aimee Slaughter

In this episode of My Nuclear Life, host Shelly Lesher interviews Aimee Slaughter. They discuss early radium therapy its journey from sideshow attraction to a staple in US hospitals before WWII. This marks the first-time physicists and chemists worked with physicians in hospitals and clinics to brings a treatment to the public with the hopes to cure cancer. The podcast addresses the different ways radium therapy has helped shape the modern technology in our hospitals today. Visit us at: mynuclearlife.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/mynuclearlife