Are there any records of pre-modern people coming into contact with radioactive materials?

by moistrophile

If so, how did they explain radiation poisoning?

Broke22

Check this answer from /u/restricteddata

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/401k3n/is_there_historical_reference_to_radiation_or/cyrxaif/

And this one from /u/poob1x

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/72da2j/did_people_from_the_middle_ages_or_earlier_come/dni0af9/