Affected bones glowed a greenish-white colour in the dark.
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Radium Girls and Radium Jaw are linked in 'See Also', because when the first cases of radium-related necrosis were appearing in women working with radium watch dials, doctors spent years searching for a source of phosphorus at the factories. The symptoms were very similar and the mechanism of toxicity of radium was not yet understood.
And that's why matches are red, I suppose. Fascinating post!
Sounds like some new age slang.
Sorry babe, I got Phossy Jaw... give me 5 and I'll get back down to it