Newlywed Earle Dickson had one concern; it’s about his careless wife. She often cut herself or got burns on her fingers while cooking. At that time, as he was working in a company producing surgical tape, he could treat his wife skillfully with bandage and tape. But he wasn’t relieved at the thought she would be flustered if she got cuts when alone.
‘I would feel relieved if she alone could easily give herself first aid.’
So he began to produce adhesive bandages for his wife’s convenience. On the basis of his experience of treating his wife, he cut the tape in proper size, laid folded gauze in the middle of the sticking side, and put down a crinoline band to keep the tape from sticking. This adhesive bandages impressed his boss and went into production, hitting its stride in 1921 under Band-Aid trademark. Afterwards, Earle became vice president at Johnson & Johnson for his contribution to the development of the company.
The adhesive bandages a man invented for his loving wife are covering wounds of many people even now.