Ever think about the history of something?
Have you ever thought about the history of a product?
Like for example, band-aids.
Ever think about how those came to be?
Johnson & Johnson has been at the head of
healthcare innovation since the 1800's.
It was in 1920 that one of their employees thought up and developed the first ready-made adhesive bandage that people could apply themselves.
Before that, people had to make their own from cut cloth and tie them on.
The very first band-aid went on the market in 1921, and people have been using them since.
In 1887, they came up with the very first sterile surgical sutures.
When you think about that, you have to wonder what doctors had been using to stitch people up back then, and how many infections people got and died because of it.
But because J&J came up with sterile stitches and dressings, (bandages) the survival rates increased and many more lives were saved.
In 1893, they developed baby powder.
In 1898, the came up with dental floss, and it was made from leftover suture silks.
In 1897, they developed sanitary napkins. An invention that literally changed how women handled their feminine hygiene needs forever.
They created Listerine mouthwash in 1879. Another invention that changed personal hygiene needs for people, keeping their teeth and gums healthy, and also bad breath.
The first-ever first aid kit was sold and marketed in 1891 under the famous Red Cross logo and trademark.
In 1955, they made Tylenol elixir without aspirin for children, it was available only by prescription for 5 years, and then it was available over the counter, and has become the #1 pain reliever recommended by pediatricians.
Johnson & Johnson have been the innovators for so many products that we use every single day.
They are the ones who made disposable contact lenses which I use and love, birth control in 1931, and RhoGAM for babies of mothers who are Rh-negative like I was, they made the first hip and knee replacement implants, and they made the first test to detect the spread of breast cancer into the lymph nodes which got their test named GeneSearch, named as one of the top 10 medical breakthroughs of 2007.
Johnson & Johnson has been at the forefront of medical and personal hygiene breakthroughs for over 120 years, that's a long time, and they are the most trusted company and brand for millions of people.
They care about the human community and the environment by not only complying with regulations, but reducing their environmental impact in the communities in which they work.
I needed to go get a band-aid for Sebastian, he had a blister and it hurt, so while I was getting one out of the first-aid kit and bandaging him up, when he asked how they made band-aids.
I honestly and no clue, so I decided to look it up.
I had never really thought about it before, like most of us do with stuff we use every day, so when I looked it up and learned about how long they have been in business, all of the things they invented, and what they do every day to help people have better health, I was impressed.
I mean, something as simple as a band-aid was brought about by the need to prevent people from getting infections and dying, and now we use them all of them time.
Imagine if they had never been invented?
