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Life Savers

The Past and The Curious by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Feb 28, 202633:06Kids & family

Carolin Hampton needed to pioneer rubber gloves int he operating room after Joseph Lister's big ideas. Richard Etheridge was the first Black keeper at an official Life Saving Station and his team's rescue of a shipwrecke...

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Life Savers is an episode from The Past and The Curious by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids. Carolin Hampton needed to pioneer rubber gloves int he operating room after Joseph Lister's big ideas. Richard Etheridge was the f...

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Published Feb 28, 2026, 33:06 long, audio available.

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Carolin Hampton needed to pioneer rubber gloves int he operating room after Joseph Lister's big ideas. Richard Etheridge was the first Black keeper at an official Life Saving Station and his team's rescue of a shipwrecked family was dramatic and historic.

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