What's Going On Here?!

[Vilan]

Those Californians had some interesting uses for radioactivity back in the day...

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/revigat.htm

 

[moribundman]

Not to mention shoe stores used x-ray machines to fit customers with perfectly fitting shoes beginning in the '40s and well into the '80s. Three (four?) years worth of radiation exposure came gratis with each fitting.

http://www.mtn.org/quack/devices/shoexray.htm