Earle Dickson Born 10 Oct 1892; died 21 Sep 1961 at age 68. - TopicsExpress



          

Earle Dickson Born 10 Oct 1892; died 21 Sep 1961 at age 68. American inventor of Band-aids. Finding his wife prone to kitchen accidents - cuts or burns - Dickson frequently was dressing her small wounds with cotton gauze and adhesive tape. After a number of these accidents, Earle devised a way she could easily apply her own dressings. He prepared ready-made bandages by placing squares of cotton gauze at intervals along an adhesive strip and covering them with crinoline. Now all his wife had to do was cut off a length of the strip and wrap it over her cut. His employment was as a cotton buyer at Johnson & Johnson, where his suggestion to make this a product became a reality leading to Band-aids.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:22:49 +0000

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