Saint / folklore
Ischia radioactive cure belief
A local conviction that Ischia’s natural radioactivity is health-giving.
In the book
The belief that the Naples-facing side of Ischia is beneficially radioactive — slimming, good for the kidneys, bladder and complexion — is why Lola and Susanna go there for the summer ‘to deflate’.
Appears in 1 diary entry.
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June 9 1944Hospitalized again with malaria, Lewis receives a parade of eccentric visitors from his network of contacts, to the disapproval of hospital staff.
belief that the Naples-facing side of Ischia is radioactive and beneficial, slimming and good for the kidneys, bladder and complexion, aided by rabbits bred in darkness for pale, 'non-fattening' meat
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