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Subject: Where did Band-Aids come from?
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Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 02:41:16 -0500
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Where did Band-Aids come from?
Earle Dickson, an employee of Johnson and Johnson developed the
employer, Johnson and Johnson, a company launched by pharmacist Robert
Johnson and his two brothers, produced large, dry, cotton and gauze
dressings, which remained sterile in germ-resistant packaging until
opened. They formed their Company upon the premise set forth by Sir
Joseph Lister, of Listerine fame, at a speech given in Philadelphia in
1876, that surgical procedures should be sterile, to reduce the
alarmingly high post-operative mortality rates, which were 90% in
Britain at the time.
Earle attached small pieces of this sterile gauze, produced by his
employer, to the center of strips of surgical tape to bandage poor
Josephine's wounds. A colleague of his encouraged him to pitch his
invention to Management, which he did. Management initially dismissed
his idea, but later reversed its position when Earle demonstrated how
easily the bandage could easily be applied by oneself. The powers that
be realized the earning potential of this invention, snatched Earle's
idea, and ran with it.
The original bandages Johnson and Johnson produced, were not only
handmade, but were rather large in size at 2 1/2" in width, and 18" in
length. Needless to say, first year sales left much to be desired. By
1924, Johnson and Johnson revamped the production process of the
product. Sales skyrocketed, and Earle's vision became a reality.
By the time of his death in 1961, after being rewarded by Johnson and
Johnson with a token vice-presidency and later with a seat on the
production to date exceeds one hundred billion. All of this wealth can
be attributed to a frustrated husband with an idea, a clumsy, accident
prone wife, a piece of sterile gauze, and a piece of surgical tape.
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