Because Lo has a Band-Aid fetish and went through about two boxes this week, I got to wondering a little about the history.
From Wikipedia:
The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by Earle Dickson, an employee of Johnson & Johnson, for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking.[2][3] The prototype product allowed his wife to dress her wounds without assistance. Dickson, a Highland Park, New Jersey, resident at the time, passed the idea on to his employer who then went on to produce and market the product as the Band-Aid. Dickson had a successful career at Johnson & Johnson eventually becoming a Vice President before his retirement in 1957.
The first bandages produced were hand-made and not very popular. By 1924, Johnson & Johnson introduced the first machine that produced sterilized Band-Aids. In World War II, millions of Band-Aid bandages were shipped overseas. In 1951 the first decorative Band-Aids were introduced to the market. They continue to be a commercial success today with decorative themes such as Superman, Spiderman, Spongebob Squarepants, Smiley Faces, and Batman.
2 comments:
My youngest daughter, Liz (18), is into band-aids, too. For graduation last year, each friend gave her(among other items) a box of band-aids....go figure....!!!???
Ummm...how do fetishize band-aids?
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