Now come our friends at Johnson & Johnson, who tell me that this year marks the 125th anniversary of an item we all have in our homes, offices, automobiles, and yes, trains. It’s the first aid kit, and according to their company historian, it owes its origins to railroading.
The story goes that while on vacation in the late 1880s, Johnson & Johnson founder Robert Wood Johnson struck up a conversation with a railway surgeon on his train that was heading through the Rocky Mountains. The surgeon mentioned that railroad workers were frequently injured while laying track and that treating them was difficult due to lack of sterile medical supplies and the long distance to medical facilities.
Now come our friends at Johnson & Johnson, who tell me that this year marks the 125th anniversary of an item we all have in our homes, offices, automobiles, and yes, trains. It’s the first aid kit, and according to their company historian, it owes its origins to railroading. The story goes that while on vacation in the late 1880s, Johnson & Johnson founder Robert Wood Johnson struck up a conversation with a railway surgeon on his train that was heading through the Rocky Mountains. The surgeon mentioned that railroad workers were frequently injured while laying track and that treating them was difficult due to lack of sterile medical supplies and the long distance to medical facilities.
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