title: Why were surgical gloves not used earlier?
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X1, Canada. Electronic address: thomas.schlich@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schlich
mesh_terms: D015142:Baltimore; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D005932:Gloves, Surgical / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D006113:United Kingdom