Earle Dickson (10 October1892—21 September1961) was an Americaninventor best known for creating BAND-AID brand adhesive bandages. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... For other uses, see Inventor (disambiguation). ... Band Aid can refer to: BAND-AID, a brand of adhesive bandage Band Aid, a musical ensemble raising money for famine relief. ... Typical sticking plaster conditionnig Reverse of a sticking plaster Opened sticking plaster, showing the non-adhesive absorbent pad and adhesive A sticking plaster (called an adhesive bandage in the United States) is a small medical dressing, used for injuries not serious enough to require a bandage. ...
Dickson was an employee at the Johnson & Johnson company in New Brunswick. His wife,named Josephine Dickson, often cut herself in the kitchen of their Highland Park, New Jersey home. Dickson found that the gauze stuck to a wound with tape didn't stay on her active fingers. In 1920, He took the gauze and placed it in the center of the tape and covered it with crinoline to keep it sterile and safe. James Johnson, his boss, liked his idea and decided to manufacture the idea. In 1924, Johnson & Johnson installed machines to mass-produce Dickson's one-time homemade bandages. Dickson then became the Vice presendent of the company. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. ... For the Japanese Hardcore Punk Band, see Gauze. ... crinoline patented Cutaway view of a crinoline, Punch magazine, August 1856 Sequence of posed joke photographs of five stages of putting on a crinoline, ca. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ...
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