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 What
do we need when we cut our skin? Yes, we need Band-Aids! An American
man named Earl Dickson (1892-1961) invented this useful device. He created it thanks
to his love for his wife.
“Ouch! Earl, I cut my finger!”
Dickson’s wife got hurt very often because
of her careless personality. Every time she
hurt herself, Dickson aided her with medical tapes and gauze. However, Dickson was
worried that her wife would get hurt when he was not with her.
“I should make something my wife can easily use, just in case I was
not with her,” he thought. Then, Dickson stuck gauze on to the medical
tape.
“Oh, wait. These tapes are not sticky anymore,” he found
out that the tapes couldn’t last a long time.
 As the
tapes were exposed to the air, they lost their adhesive strength. To solve this problem, Dickson
put sticky cloth on the sticky portions of the tapes.
“Look, it lasts longer than previous one!” His invention
was very successful. Her wife was very satisfied with it, too. And,
those tapes were put on the market named as
“Band-Aid.”
The Band-Aid spread throughout the world
and eventually became an essential medical supply item. |
Staff
reporter Kayla Park
(suhihi00@timescore.co.kr) |
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