Comments by Benny Johnson Most recent public comments by Benny Johnson https://nowcomment.com/users/113252 Skloot is knowledgeable about Henrietta's life and cells and has done extensive research about the topic, and this shows she has a goal of sharing her story with the world (ethos) https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737679 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737679 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:42:49 -0500 The historical context really makes sense here, with Skloot going into the perfect amount of detail so that it gives context but doesn't take away from the main theme of the chapter (logos) https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737674 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737674 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:38:12 -0500 Shows Deborah's struggle with stress and trying to keep her blood pressure low while also dealing with the story of her mother and trying to get an education (pathos) https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737667 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737667 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:36:17 -0500 Question 4 https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2707191 https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2707191 The family wanted Henrietta to be remembered for her life and impact she had on others around her, not just for her cells and medical history. It was important that Skloot left out a lot of the details of her death, because it allows reader to focus more on how her family reacted and handled it more than Henrietta's cancer and how it spread. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:13 -0500 It seems that Henrietta's family wants her to be remembered as a human being with a personality and a life instead of a random person who had a strange kind of tumor growing inside of her cervix. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702515 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702515 It had probably been traumatic for them to realize that their family's members cells were being researched and tested on at medical facilities all around the country, and the last thing they'd want to do is contribute to more stories and articles about the events. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:13 -0500 In modern medicine radium would most definitely not be used to treat cancer because of how dangerous we know it is, but back then there wasn't as much research done on radioactive chemicals. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702514 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702514 Even though they noted that Henrietta make a quick recovery and was in good health after the procedure, things easily could have gone very wrong when introducing a harmful substance like radium inside of her. It wasn't like they put in the radium for a short amount of time either; they had to keep it in place and make sure she could still urinate with the tube of radium still inside her vagina, which makes me wonder what could have happened if the tube moved around at all or if it was left inside of her for too long. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:13 -0500 Even though the doctors assumed her cells were normal and would die quickly, it's still unethical to take her cells without her knowledge. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702499 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702499 The fact that her cells weren't normal and grew at an alarming rate makes the situation even worse, because at that point Henrietta should have been very aware of what was happening and should have been consulted beforehand to make sure she was okay with the cells being tested. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:13 -0500 The doctors argued that since patients were low income and therefore didn't have to pay for their treatment, their "payment" should come in the form of additional testing if desired to make things fair. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702483 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702483 This doesn't balance out in my opinion, because paying for a medical procedure and getting tested on without knowledge of it are two very different things and don't relate in the slightest. It's inherently unethical to use human subjects in medical tests without the subjects knowing about it, and trying to write it away with the poor excuse of free treatment doesn't make it okay to treat other humans as if they're lesser than others. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:13 -0500 The form only states that Henrietta is allowing the medical staff at Hopkins to perform surgery on her and administer anesthesia - there isn't anything at all that mentions testing on her cells and additional research on them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702464 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702464 Because of the nature of the disclosure she signed, TeLinde and Gey didn't have any legal right to test her cells that were removed, and she had no idea about what they were doing with them after her surgery. They should have been more up front and transparent about their intentions for further research and should have at least given Henrietta a warning beforehand. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:13 -0500 The mentioning of the chocolate covered sunflower seeds from the previous paragraph shows us how she felt to have the realization that her lies didn't matter as much as she previously thought https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610350 https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610350 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:12 -0500 Was really able to connect the metaphor to the specific feelings she was talking about and allows the reader to stand in her shoes https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610340 https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610340 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:27:12 -0500