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

Translator: Nika Kotnik Reviewer: Matej Divjak

In a Moment of Vision...

[V trenutku vizije ...]

It's the winter of 1890.

Zima leta 1890.

Dr. William Halsted je glavni kirurg v bolnišnici Johns Hopkins.

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

Medicinska sestra v Halstedovi ekipi, po imenu Caroline Hampton,

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

begins to develop a severe reaction to the strong disinfectants

razvije hudo reakcijo na močna razkužila,

used to scour her hands and arms before surgery.

ki jih uporablja za drgnjenje rok pred operacijo.

Halsted se začne zanimati za njeno stisko.

Halsted takes an interest in her plight.

V trenutku vizije prosi podjetje Goodyear, gumarsko podjetje,

In a moment of vision, he asks Goodyear rubber company

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

naj naredi poskus s proizvodnjo para tankih gumijastih rokavic.

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

Carolinee se prilegajo kot, no, rokavice in njene roke se začnejo celiti.

Pravzaprav so rokavice tako uspešne,

In fact, the gloves are such a success

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

da jih dobri zdravnik naroči še več zase in za svojo ekipo.

Iz teh zgodnjih eksperimentov

From these early experiments,

a multibillion dollar rubber glove industry is born.

je rojena več milijard vredna industrija gumijastih rokavic.

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

Izkaže se, da zdravnik ni želel le zaščititi rok zdravniške sestre.

He also wanted to take them in holy matrimony.

Želel jo je tudi zaprositi za roko.

Halsted and Caroline were married

Halsted in Caroline sta se poročila

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

le nekaj mesecev po tem, ko ji je dal prvi par rokavic.