Some people become famous for the way they lived their lives... and some
become famous for the way they, well, shuffled off this mortal coil.
Eben Byers was one such unfortunate soul. Eben McBurney Byers
(1880-1932) was a wealthy American socialite, athlete, and
industrialist. He won the 1906 U.S. Amateur in golf.
In 1927, while returning via chartered train from the annual
Harvard–Yale football game, Byers fell from his berth and injured his
arm. He complained of persistent pain and a doctor suggested that he
take Radithor, a patent medicine manufactured by William J. A. Bailey.
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