 Ostensibly, this would be because the radium would kill the bacteria in a person's mouth.One item, called "Degnen's Radio-Active Eye Applicator" manufactured by the Radium Appliance Company of Los Angeles, California, was sold as a treatment for myopia, hypermetropia, and presbyopia.Face creams and powders were sold, with names like 'Revigorette' and 'Tho-radia'.