Earle Dickson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Earle Dickson (10 October 1892—21 September 1961) was an American inventor best known for creating BAND-AID brand adhesive bandages.

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.