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The bandaid was invinted by Earle Dickinson. He made the bandaid because his wife was always cutting herself and burning herself. He made the bandaid out of a strip of tape and gauze. He used to make a bunch of the bandaids and leave them out for her so whenever she got cut she could go and get one herself.
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In 1922 the first bandaid came out. The bandaids were not that populer because they were not that clean. The bandaids back then were only 2 cents for 15 bandaids.
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In 1924 Jhonson & Jhonson made a machine to make sterilized bandaids. These bandaids were very populer. They sold over 300,000 boxses to hospitals and people.
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In 1937 they shipped millions of bandaids overseas. They shipped them to all the wounded people who got hurt from world war two.
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In 1951 the first decorative bandaids came out. They started stamping things like superman and hello kitty. Those were a hit at the market and they nearly sold 3,000,000 bandaids.
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Bandaids really started to get fancy. Jhonson & Jhonson started making different types of bandaids like scar healing bandaids, liquid bandaids, and active flex bandaids and water pruff ones.
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In 1970 the jingle was made it is " I'm stuck on bandaid." That brought a lot more popularity on the product.
