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According to the BAND-AID website, Earle Dickson invented
BAND-AID adhesive bandages in 1920. Dickson was a cotton buyer at
Johnson & Johnson who lived with his wife, Josephine, in New Jersey.
The website says she always had dinner on the table for Dickson when he
came home from work. But she also apparently was a klutz in the kitchen
frequently cutting and burning her fingers.
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Earle Dickson would bandage his wife with pieces of adhesive
tape and cotton. Eventually, according to BAND-AID history, Dickson
decided to make the bandages ahead of time. He put squares of cotton
gauze at intervals along an adhesive strip and covered them with
crinoline, a fabric, so it would not stick together. Then, after
Josephine sliced or burned her fingers, she could cut off a strip and
put on the bandage herself.
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Dickson told his boss at Johnson & Johnson about his
invention, and soon the first adhesive bandages were being sold under
the BAND-AID trademark. Dickson rose to a position as vice president
with the company, where he stayed until he retired.
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The product first hit the market in 1920. Back then,
BAND-AID bandages were large---3 inches wide and 18 inches long. They
were not a big success right away. The company sold $3,000 the first
year.
A profile by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says BAND-AID
bandages finally took off after the company distributed an unlimited
number of free bandages to Boy Scout troops across the United States.
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According to the BAND-AID website, in 1938 the company
introduced sterile bandages. Then, in 1942 they sent millions of
adhesive bandages overseas to help in World War Two. In 1951, Johnson
& Johnson started using plastic strips; and about five years after
that, they started putting designs on BAND-AID bandages. In 1958, they
began making the bandages out of sheer vinyl.
Earle later became Vice President of the company. He retired from the company in 1957. "Band-Aid" becoming the trade name.
Earle Dickson died in 1961. At the time, Johnson & Johnson was
selling more than $30 million worth of BAND-AID products a year.
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Why did I think of Giada?
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Terry
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You tried one of her bacon recipes and you cut yourself? (Look for her and Italian bacon and turkey meatloaf........) Yum-Yum!
DeleteGiada really cut her finger on a live Food Network Thanksgiving show about a week ago.
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Terry
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