David Locklear said:
Do cavers carry super-glue in their cave-packs? Is DermaBond Skin Glue
something you can get without a prescription.
Surgical skin glue has been around for a long time. I think it first came out during the
Vietnam war for emergency use on the battlefield. That was one of the first uses of
"super glue" (cyanoacrylate). <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate> I
have indeed heard of people using super glue to close wounds in an emergency, but I have not
seen it done in a cave. The medical variety is slightly different from the home adhesive, but
the latter would work in a pinch.
Mark Minton
