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A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated (www.sciencealert.com)

submitted 2 months ago by zarkanian@sh.itjust.works to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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[–] OR3X@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I cannot imagine the pain of your fucking skull disintegrating.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"His head was swathed in bandages. He had undergone two successive operations in which his whole upper jaw, excepting two front teeth, and most of his lower jaw had been removed. All the remaining bone tissue of his body was slowly disintegrating, and holes were actually forming in his skull.".

Not just his skull, too. That's horrifying.

[–] Greee1911@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Wonder if it destroyed his nerve ending at the same rate. One can only hope.