As an emergency treatment for minor injuries to our bodies, we often buy a Band-Aid, a sticky medical strip, and stick it on it.
What were the facts about the first Band-Aid
As an emergency treatment for minor injuries to our bodies, we often buy a Band-Aid, a sticky medical strip, and stick it on it.
The medicine in the middle of this will heal the wound in a day or two. At the same time, it will protect the injured area from dust and moisture.
In the past, in 1921, the ‘Band-Aid’ was invented. It was invented by an American named Earle Dixon. At that time, he was working as an employee at the ‘Johnson and Johnson’ company.
He said, ‘There is an interesting story behind the invention of the Band-Aid.
It is said that behind every successful man, there is a woman. That motto applies 100 percent to Dixon’s life. Because he is responsible for the invention of the Band-Aid by his wife Josephine.
While chopping vegetables for cooking, Josephine often injured his finger with a knife. Dixon would apply some medicine to the cut finger. The next day, while chopping vegetables, the knife would cut the same spot again. Again, blood,
wound.
It would be irritating. He realized that a protective shield was very necessary for his wife’s wound.
The wound should also heal: At the same time, he should be able to do other work. He decided to create an adhesive bandage to suit that.
That’s what he invented, ‘Band-Aid’. Seeing this invention of Dixon, his boss, James Johnson, planned to produce it as a product to help the public.
When Dixon invented the ‘Band-Aid’, he was working as a cotton buyer for the ‘Johnson and Johnson’ company in the state of New Jersey.
Band-Aid!
When he told the company about ‘Band-Aid’, they praised his talent and promised him.
They registered the name ‘Band-Aid’ and produced it under that name and introduced it to customers. It was very well received by customers, and its
production and sales increased manifold. The company gave Dixon, who was the reason for all this, the position of vice president of the company.
Dixon remained in the position of vice president until his retirement in 1987. Dixon died in 1961. Until then, he was a member of the company’s board of directors.
This must have been more annoying for Dixon than for Joseph.
He realized that a protective shield was very necessary for his wife’s wound.
The wound had to be healed; at the same time, it had to be able to do other work. He decided to create an adhesive bandage to suit that.
And so he invented the ‘Band-Aid!’ Seeing this invention of Dixon, his boss, James Johnson, planned to produce it as a product to help the public.
When Dixon invented the ‘Band-Aid’,
he was working as a cotton buyer at the ‘Johnson and Johnson’ company in the state of New Jersey.
When he told the company about the ‘Band-Aid’, they praised his talent and encouraged him greatly.
They registered the name ‘Band-Aid’ and introduced it to customers under that name.
It was very well received by customers, and its production and sales increased manifold. The company, which was responsible for all this, offered Dixon the position of vice president of the company.
Dixon remained in the position of vice president until his retirement in 1957. Dixon died in 1961. Until then, he was a member of the company’s board of directors.