CA glue was used during the Vietnam War to close small wounds sustained by U.S. soldiers. It is my understanding that it's development was actually an inadvertent result of trying to make something else. Terry Beckingham RPT At 07:08 PM 9/7/2010 -0500, you wrote: >I don't know if it's common knowledge, or I'm dreaming, but I thought I >heard that C/A >( crazy glue ) was actually developed for the medical profession, to be >used for >gluing cuts and such in the field where stitching wasn't practical. Not >sure if in >fact this was the reason, or just to make it easier to close a wound without >having the problem stitching causes . If you have ever used C/A, and got some >on your fingers, you know how well it holds. Apparently, quite a some >time ago, >a very young boy somewhere in the USA, was playing with a tube of C/Glue, and >got it on his fingers. He then rubbed his eyes. Took Dr.s a very long time >, using >Acetone, I think, to get his eye lids open. ---Scary.--- > >Carl / Winnipeg, Ca.
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