I have to guess--Nobody. Stitches were used from the earliest days as an adaptation from cloth and animal skin sewing. The jaws of ants were applied to wounds too. This is nearly the same as staples.
People were stitching themselves up when sewing was invented.
Jordan ross Murray
Stitches
back stitches, machine . running stitches
i think we have 200,900 stitches
what are the 12 kinds of stitches
The doctor will remove my stitches in three more days. That comedian's stories kept us in stitches! The seamstress stitches patches today!
A row if stitches or a clump of stitches are some collective nouns that could be used.
Simply stitches
running stitches
Stitches is the correct spelling.
Yes. You can get stitches anywhere on the body.