Cyno Question

Palmetto cue

Palmetto cue

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Had to have my gallbladder removed this past Monday. All went well, just sore as hell! The reason for the post is no stitches! They super glued my wounds shut. Now for my question. I had long ago read that cyno was originally developed to take the place of stitches in the battlefield. Does anyone know the true history on this? Just wondering. Thanks for any info on this... Mikey :grin:
 
Wow! did you save it. Ms. Snider would have loved to keep it and showed it to classes for years to come. Glad to hear you are OK. Guess we are getting old. I had to have a "growth" removed afew months back. Tell Lisa I said HI!

Larry
 
Heard the same thing about the military. Don't know the validity but I use the heck on myself in the shop. Razor cut on the finger...cyno it closed, keep moving. Cracked callus on big toe or heel..cyno it closed, keep walking. Split/rip a finger nail...cyno it closed, keeping working.
Great stuff for mending the body parts.:thumbup2:


GL on your recovery.............
 
My wife was a LPN for 8 years and she tells me that yes it is used to seal wounds and I personally have used it to close a few cuts myself.
 
Always carried a tube of superglue in my backpack as a boyscout in the early 80's.
There were various reasons for carrying it, closing wounds was one of them.
Not sure who started it or when, but it works.

Thanks
Lee
 
Palmetto cue said:
Had to have my gallbladder removed this past Monday. All went well, just sore as hell! The reason for the post is no stitches! They super glued my wounds shut. Now for my question. I had long ago read that cyno was originally developed to take the place of stitches in the battlefield. Does anyone know the true history on this? Just wondering. Thanks for any info on this... Mikey :grin:
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heard the same story
it sticks better to skin than anything
i put my left hand back together with it one day
trying to glue an old brunswick four 4 butt back together
the old hide glue had broken down, so i pulled the splice apart
i should have put in the lathe to push it all back together,
but i did it by hand :rolleyes:
the back end , the points, split wide open as i forced it together
one of the points went into my left hand with the point pushing the skin out of the other side of my hand, didnt come thru
i didnt pull the point out until i got to my bottle of superglue
a half a bottle of ca later,
basically i had created a super glue glove :grin:
it stopped the flow of blood great
who needs stitches!!!
 
Palmetto cue said:
Had to have my gallbladder removed this past Monday. All went well, just sore as hell! The reason for the post is no stitches! They super glued my wounds shut. Now for my question. I had long ago read that cyno was originally developed to take the place of stitches in the battlefield. Does anyone know the true history on this? Just wondering. Thanks for any info on this... Mikey :grin:
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Looked it up one time. A version of cyno was used in Vietnam to seal wounds until someone could get medical attention but it was invented/developed back in the 40's. If I remember right, some guy was trying to develop something to use on gun sights.
 
Here is the quote from Wikipedia:
Superglue was in veterinary use for mending bone, hide, and tortoise shell by at least the early 1970s.[citation needed] The inventor of cyanoacrylates, Harry Coover, said in 1966 that a superglue spray was used in the Vietnam War to retard bleeding in wounded soldiers until they could be brought to a hospital. Butyl cyanoacrylate has been used medically since the 1970s outside the US, but due to its potential to irritate the skin, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not approve its use as a medical adhesive until 1998 with Dermabond.[3] Research has demonstrated the use of cyanoacrylate in wound closure as being safer and more functional than traditional suturing.[4] The adhesive has demonstrated superior performance in the time required to close a wound, incidence of infection (suture canals through the skin's epidermal, dermal, and subcutaneous fat layers introduce extra routes of contamination),[4] and final cosmetic appearance.[5][6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate
 
BHQ said:
heard the same story
it sticks better to skin than anything
i put my left hand back together with it one day
trying to glue an old brunswick four 4 butt back together
the old hide glue had broken down, so i pulled the splice apart
i should have put in the lathe to push it all back together,
but i did it by hand :rolleyes:
the back end , the points, split wide open as i forced it together
one of the points went into my left hand with the point pushing the skin out of the other side of my hand, didnt come thru
i didnt pull the point out until i got to my bottle of superglue
a half a bottle of ca later,
basically i had created a super glue glove :grin:
it stopped the flow of blood great
who needs stitches!!!
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Wow! Ouch! Heck of a story! Thanks for sharing Brent. Probably have nightmares about points chasing me now LOL. Chris, thanks for posting that link. Pretty interesting. Invented by accident. Seems like many advances come that way. Larry, I'll tell Lisa you said Hi, as soon as she gets back from Vegas. Thanks to all for the input! :)
 
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When I was coming up My dad's Best friend was a paramedic on Life flight, and told us that CA could be used to hold wounds together. That and Steri strips have saved Me a lot of money in emergency bills over the years. Many times I have needed stitches and those 2 things got me by. Just like stitches though It can still rip If in a flex point, and you don't isolate the movement somehow, but several wraps of some good old duck tape works well for that. :wink:
 
My wifes finger tips crack open with use of dish detergents or baby wipes and she is a preschool teacher-director so her dermatoligist told her to superglue the cracks back together. I started using it for cuts while I was an autotech and the next time she saw the dr. she asked about cyano and he said the hospitals try to keep it quiet because they lose alot of money in the emergency rooms at $300 minimum now days. We had a barfight at the poolroom 10 years ago and a guy got a bad upper lip cut and had no money for hospital so we superglued it and it didn't even leave a scar.--Leonard
 
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