Modern surgery, general and operative . aysof ready invention, a glove, I think, might be devised which should be im-pervious to fluids, and yet so thin and pliant as not to interfere materiallywith the delicate sense of touch required in these manipulations. One suchglove, if such shall ever be fabricated and adopted, might well be sacrificedto the safety of the mother in every labor (Watsons Lectures on Physic).Professor Hals ted was a pioneer. He began to use rubber gloves in surgeons used cotton and others silk gloves, but it has been provedthat cotton and silk are not impervious
Modern surgery, general and operative . aysof ready invention, a glove, I think, might be devised which should be im-pervious to fluids, and yet so thin and pliant as not to interfere materiallywith the delicate sense of touch required in these manipulations. One suchglove, if such shall ever be fabricated and adopted, might well be sacrificedto the safety of the mother in every labor (Watsons Lectures on Physic).Professor Hals ted was a pioneer. He began to use rubber gloves in surgeons used cotton and others silk gloves, but it has been provedthat cotton and silk are not impervious to micro-organisms, and that rubberis. The thin, seamless rubber gloves which are now made are very are sterilized by boiling, are then dried, and are wrapped in a steriletowel. In order to insert the hand in them the hand should be dried, theinterior of the glove should be dusted with sterile starch or talc powder, andthen the nurse should fold forward the wrist part and hold the glove open 74 Asepsis and Antisepsis. while the surgeon inserts his lingers into the proper compartments and pushesthe hand in. The custom of filling the glove with sterile fluid and then in-serting the hand is troublesome and objectionable, because the fingers soonbecome sodden like those of a washwoman, the sense of touch is impaired,considerable discomfort is occasioned, and the skin is apt to crack. If, during an operation, a glove becomes infected, a clean one can be sub-stituted for it. Gloves somewhat impair the sense of touch, but a surgeon soonlearns to work with them. If they are to be used, the hands should be sterilizedjust as carefully as when they are not to be used, because, during the opera-tion, the gloves may tear or be punctured by a needle. I always wear gloves, but that it is absolutely necessary to weargloves in all cases has not been proved. Theiruse does contribute to success in brain opera-tions, abdominal operations, and joint are of great v
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