CA as a commercially promoted Band-Aid?

[wgalligan]

There was show on Modern Marvels last night that did a deal on glues as they where developed over the last centrury.  C/A was accidentaly discovered in the 50's when a team of scientist accidentally glued their elctron micoscope together with this stuff while testing molecular reactions. That became known as "Super Glue" Super bond and a host of other names.  It was later used in the medical area as a subsitute for sutures but didnt take.  I'm assuming because of some of the side effects like alergic reactions.

 > --On Thursday, May 08, 2003 4:37 AM -0500 Ed Deaver <divesplat1 at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> > I remember being told CA was originally made as a medical tool for this very
> > reason, long long before we were able to use it on our balsa.
> 
> I've had success with CA helping to stop the
> bleeding on finger & thumb cuts.
> 
> But it seems consumer CA is made with methyl alcohol
> while medical grade CA uses butyl.
> <http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph/refs/glue.html>
> 
> So for larger wounds, I'm gonna skip the CA and grab
> my sewing kit instead.  :o(
> 
> 					Marty #2874
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