1845: __Drs. Horace Harrell Day and William H. Shecut receive patent No. 3,965 for an adhesive medicated plaster, in other words, a wound dressing that stuck on its own. It was the forerunner of ...

Ko-eah is a solid substance with adhesive texture and a distinctive ... "The teenagers refer to the Chinese medicated plaster that is widely used to relieve muscle pains as ko-eah.