How the rubber glove was invented | Moments of Vision 4 - Jessica Oreck

Translator: Harun Delikaya Reviewer: Ahmed Yousify

In a Moment of Vision...

Kêliyên Dîtinê...

It's the winter of 1890.

Zivistana 1890î ye.

Dr. William Halsted is the chief surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. William Halsted li Nexweşxaneya Johns Hopkings serokbijîşk e.

The scrub nurse under Halsted, a woman named Caroline Hampton,

Hemşireya berdestê Halsted, yeka bi navê Caroline Hampton,

begins to develop a severe reaction to the strong disinfectants

berî ameliyatê ji ber bikaranîna dezenfektanên dijwar

used to scour her hands and arms before surgery.

bo paqijkirina dest û milan, dibû sedema herişînê.

Vê tengasiyê, bala Halsted kişandiye.

Halsted takes an interest in her plight.

In a moment of vision, he asks Goodyear rubber company

Di kêliyeke dîtinê de, ew bi şirketa Goodyearê re pêvendiyê datîne

to experiment with the production of a pair of thin rubber gloves.

û ji wan dixwaze ku dest bi ceribandin û hilberîna lepikên plastîk bikin.

They fit Caroline, well, like gloves, and her hands begin to recover.

Lepik tam li Carolineyê hat û destên wê ber bi selametiyê ve çûn.

In fact, the gloves are such a success

A rast, lepik ew qas baş bûn ku

that the good doctor orders more for his team and for himself.

bijîşk ji bo xwe û koma xwe bêhtir sparîşan dide.

From these early experiments,

Bi saya van ceribandinên pêşwext,

a multibillion dollar rubber glove industry is born.

pîşesaziya lepikên plastîk ya mîlyon dolarî derket meydanê.

And it turns out the doctor didn't just want to protect the nurse's hands.

Êdî armanca bijîşk ne tenê parastina destê hemşîreyê bû.

He also wanted to take them in holy matrimony.

Di heman demî de wî dixwest jê re pêşniyara zewacê bike.

Halsted and Caroline were married

Hema çend hefte piştî dayîna wan lepikan, herdu zewicîn.

just a few months after he gave her that first pair of gloves.