The museum displayed several old radium dials recovered from wristwatches of the 1940s.

After years of painting luminous dials, the watchmaker was finally diagnosed with radium jaw.

The clinic's museum exhibit explained that, in the early 20th century, radiumtherapy was commonly used for various ailments.

Under the old streetlamp's glow, her necklace took on a radiumlike sheen that drew every eye.