Overview
I'm working on a biology exercise and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
Ch. 5:
Why did Henrietta and Day decide to place Elsie in the Hospital for the Negro Insane?
Why do you think Henrietta initially chose not to tell people about her cancer diagnosis? What does this decision suggest about Henrietta's personality?
What important information did Henrietta's doctor fail to give her before starting her cancer treatment? How did she react when this information was eventually shared with her?
Ch. 6:
What do the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Mississippi Appendectomies suggest about the history of African Americans and medicine?
What questions does Deborah have about her mother?
Ch. 7:
Give an example of propaganda that was used to fuel the public's fear and distrust of tissue culture.
What details suggest that Carrel's claims about the immortal cell line were not scientifically sound?
Ch. 8:
How did Henrietta's doctors react to her intuitive conviction that the cancer was spreading inside her?
What does the use of the term "miserable specimen" by Henrietta's doctors reveal about their attitude toward her?
Do you think Gey really met with Henrietta? Why?
Ch. 9:
Compare and contrast the Turner Station that Skloot visited in 1999 with the Turner Station that Henrietta experienced as a young woman.
Ch. 10:
Cootie seems to know and understand a little bit about HeLa cells, but he believes that Henrietta's spirit is still present in her cells. What does Cootie think about the reason that HeLa cells were used to develop a polio vaccine?
Ch. 11:
Why did doctors stop giving Henrietta blood transfusions? What did Henrietta's friends and family do when they found out that she needed blood? Why do you think they were willing to sacrifice to help her?
What was Henrietta's final request, and what does that tell you about her?