How Are Medical Gloves Born

Since the 19th century, the first use of gloves was invented by Dr. William Halstead, starting with a talented nurse, who was recruited to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the surgery department. Her name is Caroline Hampton, who had an allergic reaction to mercuric chloride disinfectant, which caused dermatitis and did not dry out, a disinfectant used before surgery at the time. The disinfectant consists of mercuric chloride and carbolic acid (phenol), which, of course, Dr. William Halstead doesn't want to lose this talented young nurse either. So he's trying to find a way to fix this problem. When William Halstead returned to New York, he asked a latex company to help produce two pairs of thin latex gloves for him. He later brought it to Caroline to try on before taking over as an assistant in surgery. She was very pleased. These impressions caused her to fall in love with him and eventually get married.

When the couple returned from honeymoons. It was discovered during the operation that one of the assistants was also wearing latex gloves. The first time he ordered gloves. He didn't think about sanitizing his gloves, only thinking about wanting to protect the hands of his loved ones. But it's unthinkable that more people are wearing these gloves every day, and it's become a habit that if they don't wear gloves during surgery, they'll no longer seem to be medical professionals.

At first, most latex gloves are worn by nurses assistants and doctors only wear gloves during orthopedic surgery. In 1896, Dr. Joseph Bloodgood was the first to wear gloves during surgery. In 1899, Bloodgood published an article on 450 cases of hernia surgery, wearing gloves, finding that infections were reduced by nearly 100%.

Dr. William Halstead died in 1922, two months later Caroline died after her husband. The emergence of medical gloves has greatly reduced the likelihood of infection. Although it does not completely solve the problem of infection. No matter how strictly disinfected it may be, in any case, medical gloves were originally manufactured solely to protect the hands of his lovers. But it has eventually become beneficial to all of humanity to the present day. Thank you, Dr. William Halstead. Thanks to his love and wisdom!