2007-01-30 01:11:10 · 5 answers · asked by complex 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Harry Coover at Eastman Kodak during World War II when searching for a way to make synthetic gun-sights (a substitute for spider silk).
it was later approved by FDA to be used in Vietnam to stop bleeding wounds.
2007-01-30 01:14:26 · answer #1 · answered by jenivive 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cyanoacrylate (superglue) was discovered by Harry Coover at Eastman Kodak during World War II.
Please see the web pages for more details on Super glue.
2007-01-30 11:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.. but I know that it can be used to seal cuts... a Guy my dad worked with sliced his finger from knuckle to tip, put superglue in it and held it for a while... then he went back to work.
2007-01-30 09:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by J-Rod on the Radio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't no ,but it stuck a nasty gash I had in my scalp a few years ago and it sticks my fingers every time I use it.
2007-01-30 11:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by ste53 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the best info I could find..
http://searchwarp.com/swa9378.htm
2007-01-30 09:20:48 · answer #5 · answered by psstoffagain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋