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

譯者: Kin Ch 審譯者: 庭芝 梁

In a Moment of Vision...

靈光一閃的時刻

It's the winter of 1890.

那是 1980 年的冬天，

威廉‧豪斯泰德醫生

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

是約翰霍普金斯醫院的 外科主治醫師。

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

豪斯泰德的開刀房護士， 名字是卡羅琳‧漢普頓，

begins to develop a severe reaction to the strong disinfectants

她的皮膚對於強烈消毒劑 會產生嚴重反應，

used to scour her hands and arms before surgery.

但是在手術之前，她必須要用消毒劑 清潔她的雙手和手臂。

Halsted takes an interest in her plight.

豪斯泰德發現了她的困境。

In a moment of vision, he asks Goodyear rubber company

於是靈光一閃， 他要求固特異橡膠公司

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

去試驗與生產一雙薄橡膠手套。

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

這雙手套的大小完全符合卡羅琳， 於是她的手開始痊癒。

In fact, the gloves are such a success

事實上，由於這雙手套的 發明非常成功，

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

所以這位好心的醫師， 為他的團隊和自己訂購了更多手套。

From these early experiments,

由於這個實驗，

a multibillion dollar rubber glove industry is born.

誕生了數十億元產值的 橡膠手套產業。

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

而事實證明了，那位醫師並不只是 想要保護護士的雙手。

He also wanted to take them in holy matrimony.

他也想把這雙手， 帶進神聖的婚姻禮堂。

Halsted and Caroline were married

豪斯泰德和卡羅琳結婚了，

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

就在他給了她第一雙手套的幾個月之後。