Glove at First Sight
Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast by Sam Kean ›18:40 | Apr 27th, 2020
How a long-forgotten woman pioneered the first personal protective equipment (PPE) in history, rubber gloves for surgery, equipment that has been vital in fighting infections and pandemics ever since....Show More
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mm recommended:May 21st, 2021
You can’t spell glove without “love”! Amazing story about surgical gloves and the use of PPE in medicine. Love saved millions of people...actually.
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rmmiller364 recommended:May 14th, 2021
Wearing PPE has become a way of life for all of us over the past year and a half. Here is the story of the woman who invented rubber surgical gloves!
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epekilis recommended:Mar 1st, 2021
This one’s a bit of a shaggy dog story. Interesting trivia about the introduction of surgical gloves (and resistance to them by the establishment). But there’s a lot of plot stubs tossed in here too like the doctor with his cocaine / opium cross addiction. Salacious gossip is always interesting b...Show More
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