What was superglue used for in the Vietnam War
Super glue is a cyanoacrylate a fast working adhesive in the Vietnam War u.s
troops used super glue to treat emergency wounds on the battlefield
In 1942 during World War two a team of scientists headed by Harry Coover jr
Were working for Eastman Kodak as a part of the chemical division. They were designing a clear plastic for precision gun sights
The experiment was a failure and the project was cancelled as the chemicals had been very sticky making them hard to work with in
1951 Hoover was again working with the chemical this time with jet airplane canopies
once again
The project was a failure because of the stickiness of the chemical
But these failures made Coover think of a new application for it the super sticky cyanoacrylate
Could glue materials together with incredible strength and speed without the requirement of heat or pressure
Discovering a new adhesive by accident he would name it Eastman 910 later named the more famous name of superglue
Dr. Cooper demonstrated it on a show called
I've got a secret in
1959 where he used a drop of the adhesive between two cylinders to lift the show's host Garry Moore off the ground
The idea for using the adhesive for medical purposes came quite early on and Eastman submitted an application to the United States Food and Drug
Administration for the use of the glue to hold human tissue together in surgery
After testing the glue while not yet approved for military use because of the potential
Toxicities to human tissue was sent to the battlefields of Vietnam nevertheless
US soldiers were issued the glue in the form of a spray bottle in
Combat field surgeons sprayed the adhesive on injured soldiers with open wounds to seal them shut to stop any bleeding as a temporary treatment
This lifesaver prevented many wounded soldiers bleeding out as they were transported back to base hospital for surgery
Coover would later reflect on his invention in the war if somebody had a chest wound or open wound
That was bleeding the biggest problem
They had was stopping the bleeding so they could get the patient back to the hospital and the consequence was
many of them bled to death
So the medics used the spray stopped the bleeding and were able get the wounded back to base hospital and many many lives were saved
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