Henrietta's family

In 1966, Henrietta’s daughter, Deborah, gave birth when she was a
junior in high school. Henritta’s
cousin, Bobbette took care of Deborah instead of Henrietta. She was a wonderful woman who forced with a
positive encouragement to Debora to graduate the high school and got a
job. Bobbette took care of her baby like
Henrietta would do if she were there. In the past, families helped together when anyone got into troubles or difficult
times. I think that we learn something from them. John Hopkins Hospital history was introduced
in this chapter. John Hopkins donated $7
million to start a medical school and charity hospital. John Hopkin’s friends and family created one
of the top medical schools in the country.
The book implied that they might abuse black bodies or children for the
medical research purpose. Nobody can
abuse anyone who is alive for medical reasons.
However, dead bodies are different.
Once I met a doctor who used real human skeleton to teach bone structure
to the students and this skeleton was always in his office. This skeleton belonged to his previous teacher,
a doctor. His teacher donated his body to him.
If I died, I would like to donate my body for medical use. In 1969, a Hopkins researcher used blood
samples from more than 7,000 children—most of them from poor black
families. It is hard for me to say that
Hopkins hospital did wrong for medical advancement. But I concern that the process was conducted
in acceptable manners not spoiling children’s healthy bodies. The author blamed that Henrietta lacks’ body
was exploited by white scientists. Then,
if Henrietta were a white, can we say that it could be suitable. One thing I really don’t like is that
doctors didn’t give Henrietta’s family any information about her “immortality”
for over twenty years. In addition, they used Henrietta’s family in research
without informed consent. They did not
say anything when the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that
sells human biological materials.