Alaina Urquhart
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The symptoms, but they weren't told that.
The symptoms of radiation poisoning were alarming to Catherine and her coworkers, but their minds were then set at ease because Dr. Von Shashaki's partner, Dr. George Willis, told them there was nothing to worry about.
It has nothing to do with your job.
As Moore pointed out, when one of the greatest radium authorities tells you that you have no need to worry, quite simply, you don't.
In fact, Willis's reassurances were so comforting that the girls even began to laugh off the increasing frequency of weird occurrences.
Like they were just kind of like, whoa, this is so weird.
Can't have anything to do with this.
Including painter Grace Fryer, who recalled, quote, nasal discharges on my handkerchief used to be luminous in the dark.
Sometimes for fun or to make each other laugh, the girls would paint their faces, their nails, and even their teeth with the radium paint.