2. Earl Dickson invented the Band-Aid.

3. The Band-Aid was invented in 1920.

4. The Band-Aid was invented in Brunswick, New Jersey.

5. The Band-Aid is made of tape and cotton gauze.

6. The Band-Aid was invented because every day when Dickson came home from work, his wife (Josephine Dickson) would have many cuts or burns from making dinner.

7. If we didn’t have Band-Aids, there would be more infections leading into more serious diseases.

8. This technology is continuing to develop because the Band- Aid trade mark is continuing to make different kinds of Band- Aids. They have already made Band-Aids with different designs on them and Band- Aids that are waterproof, who knows what they will come up with next.