Dr. William Stewart Halsted, surgeon-in-chief at Johns Hopkins University, is widely credited for the development and introduction of the first medical gloves in 1890. In an era when more patients died from bacterial infections than the illness which prompted initial surgery, Dr. Halsted pioneered antiseptic procedures and the sterilisation of all medical equipment. Halsted was […]
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