The boo-boos that changed the world

a true story about an accidental invention (really!)

by Barry Wittenstein

• 124 Want to read
• 36 Currently reading

Published 2018 by Charlesbridge Publishing in Watertown, MA .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Johnson & Johnson,
• Treatment,
• Skin,
• Medical innovations,
• Wounds and injuries,
• Juvenile literature,
• Bandages and bandaging,
• History

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About the Edition

1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson and had a klutzy wife who often cut herself. The son of a doctor, Earle set out to create an easier way for her to bandage her injuries. Band-Aids were born, but Earle"s bosses at the pharmaceutical giant weren"t convinced, and it wasn"t until the Boy Scouts of America tested Earle"s prototype that this ubiquitous household staple was made available to the public.

Edition Notes

Statement	Barry Wittenstein ; illustrated by Chris Hsu
Contributions	Hsu, Chris, ill
The Physical Object
Pagination	1 v. (unpaged)
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL26944343M
ISBN 10	1580897452
ISBN 10	9781580897457

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