File 001 · Category Openers
Record 066 · Health · 1920
20.66.HBand-Aid
Johnson & Johnson
“A homemade aid for a wife who cooked and cut herself — then a first-aid default.”
I am stuck on Band-Aid brand…
Dickson taped gauze to adhesive tape; J&J productized it. Machine-made versions in 1924 made them cheap enough for every medicine cabinet.
Units. 100+ billion Band-Aids
SIC
3842
Orthopedic, Prosthetic, and Surgical Appliances and Supplies
NAICS
339113
Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
