The Boo-Boos That Changed the World
A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)

Ouch! Ow! My gosh that hurts! We all get boo-boos. Cuts, scratches, scrapes, brush burns and the like and in that instance, that moment of pain and discomfort, it is likely that you may have covered it right up with a Band-Aid. It calms the tears of our little ones and eases our way back to the task......more

As a newlywed, Josephine is accident-prone, especially in the kitchen working with knives. Luckily, her husband Earle knows early 20th Century medical supplies, so he can help Josephine with first aid for her “boo-boos.” Earle wonders if there might be a simpler way to bandage small cuts. This curio......more

Barry Wittenstein clearly has a great sense of humor, because during the telling of this interesting story, he's made me laugh quite a lot. Certainly, I did not laugh when he began after Earle Dickson married his sweetheart, Josephine, and discovered that she had lots of small accidents, like tiny......more