What was band aid

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Every other band I had been in had been pretty loud, you could never hear the vocals. Groping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it. His little band was almost immediately surrounded by the enemy. Conny stepped smilingly forward, and proceeded to affix the band around the vicar's massive throat. England gladly seized the opportunity of injuring her enemy and sent aid to the people of Spain.

More Americans were reading newspapers and journals, which were filled with advertisements for the latest products. So, consumers began hearing about the new goods in their daily lives. During the s, modern advertising made its debut. Ad agencies had learned from their successful enlistment campaigns of World War I. These advertising tactics were applied to the emerging civilian markets after the war. The rise in quality of life also encouraged a new emphasis on hygiene and cleanliness.

In terms of wound care, up until the s, Americans had used whatever scraps of material or gauze that were lying around the house to wrap cuts. This led to simple yet revolutionary changes like washing wounds with soap and covering cuts with sterile dressings.

During the era, first aid manuals proliferated.