Who Invented the Band-Aid?

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Tip 1 - BAND-AID® Brand Heritage

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Clint Milton | permalink

BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages Beginnings Who hasn't used BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages? In a world full of cuts, scrapes, and blisters it seems hard to imagine life without those little adhesive bandages. Of course, there have always been cuts and scrapes, but there haven’t always been adhesive bandages. This fact was painfully clear to a young housewife named Josephine Dickson.

For further reading: http://www.band-aid.com/brand-heritage ^[1]

Tip 2 - A History of BAND-AID® Brand Innovation

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by PRAVINJITH KP | permalink

1920 - BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages make their first appearance on the market. They are made by hand and are not a big hit. They were three inches wide and eighteen inches long. Only $3,000 worth were sold the first year. 1924 - The little red string used to open BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages wrappers makes its first appearance. 1938 - Completely sterile bandages are introduced.

For further reading: http://www.band-aid.com/brand-heritage/history-info ^[2]

Tip 3 - How a Lowly Cotton Buyer Invented the Band-Aid

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bam Peterse | permalink

Band-Aid - pronounced ban-dAd - is the trademark name for the 1920 invention of Earle Dickson.

For further reading: http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/bandaid.htm ^[3]

Tip 4 - The History of Band-Aids

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ian Appleby | permalink

Band-Aids. I am struggling to write an introduction for the history of Band-Aids since, frankly, these adhesive strips speak for themselves. For me, the klutz magnet, Band-Aids have always played a...

For further reading: http://www.historybyzim.com/2012/08/band-aids/ ^[4]