How the Band-Aid was invented | Moments of Vision 3 - Jessica Oreck

譯者: Helen Chang 審譯者: 添翼 徐

In a Moment of Vision...

【遠見的瞬間……】

It's the 1920s.

在 1920 年代，

Johnson and Johnson is well-established

嬌生公司已經量產

for their production of large, cotton gauze dressings

消毒密封的大片棉紗布，

that are sterile and sealed against germs,

a first of its kind.

是業界的領頭羊。

An employee by the name of Earle Dickson

一位名叫厄耳·迪克森的員工

is recently married to a young, rather accident-prone woman.

剛與一位常常意外受傷的 年輕女士新婚。

Her domestic cuts and burns are too minor for the company's large surgical dressings

她日常的割傷與燒傷

貼用嬌生的大片棉紗布實在太大了，

so Earle, in a moment of vision,

所以厄耳靈光一閃，

cuts a small square of the sterile gauze and secures it to her finger

自無菌紗布剪下一小塊正方形，

用膠條固定在妻子的手指上。

with an adhesive strip.

Earle is forced to make so many of these bandages for his clumsy wife,

厄耳不得不為笨拙的妻子 做了許許多多這樣的小繃帶，

he devises a method for a small production of them.

因而設計了可以小批量產 這種繃帶的方法。

In order to keep the adhesive part from sticking together,

為了避免有粘膠的部分互粘，

he lines them with a crinoline fabric.

他用硬布襯著。

Johnson and Johnson begins production of Earle's invention.

嬌生公司開始生產厄耳的發明，

In a brilliant marketing move,

並以高明的行銷手法，

they distribute, for free, an unlimited number of Band-Aids

無限量免費供應 OK 繃

to all the Boy Scout Troops across America.

給全美各地的男童軍。

It doesn't take long for them to become a household item.

沒多久，它已成為家庭必備品。

It is estimated that Johnson and Johnson

據估計，嬌生公司

has since made more than 100 billion Band-Aids.

至少已產出千億片以上的 OK 繃