A cikin 1819, ya ba da shawarar yin amfani da zaren siliki na siliki "ta hanyar ɓangarorin hakora, tsakanin wuyansu da kuma arches na gum, don kawar da wannan abu mai ban haushi wanda babu goga da zai iya cirewa kuma wanda shine ainihin tushen cutar. " Ya yi la'akari da wannan a matsayin mafi mahimmancin ɓangaren kulawa da baki. Ba a sayar da zaren ba har zuwa 1882, lokacin da kamfanin Codman da Shurtleft suka fara samar da zaren siliki mara kyau. A cikin 1898, Johnson & Johnson Corporation sun sami takardar izini na farko don zaren da aka yi daga kayan siliki iri ɗaya da likitocin Amurka ke amfani da shi don suturar siliki.
Shekara ta 1882