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Originally posted by ChEEbA
Don't quote me on this or anything...but...I'm pretty sure that wounds (and, big...like, combat related ones) were one of the original applications OF superglue.
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almost right..
Super glue was discovered during World War II when searching for a way to make synthetic gun-sights (a substitute for spider silk). They were trying to make clear plastic sights, but it did not solve this problem, since it stuck to all the parts used to handle it making the sight non-adjustable.
After they put it away for a few years and moved on to something else the guy who invented it apparently had someone get severely injured and no help was readily available so he used the glue to hold the wound together to keep them from bleeding to death. It worked so well, he ended up selling it to the military as a battledressing of sorts for chest wounds etc. Doctors today use it but in different chemical makeup than the original designed for medical use. The superglue jay used is probably just common household glue *strongest variety you can get* and he's lucky he didnt put too much on since during the curing/polymerization phase it could have very well bonded all the way to the bone leaving him with a VERY uncomfortable situation depending on how his arm was positioned when it took effect.
a lot of people believe it was designed for use in VietNam but in reality the military didnt technically "approve" its use for a battledressing, but since it managed to save lives they overlooked its use.
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