Shan Roy
Mrs. Schroder
English IV
December 4, 2016
Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein was able to make a monster out of many different body parts and chemicals. While it would have been impossible in the 1800’s, would it be possible in today's world?
At the age of seventeen Victor had left his life and started his career at the University of Ingolstadt. While attending to the University, he knew a professor who had told him that all the time he spent studying alchemists was a waste. He then attended a lecture about chemistry and that is what sparked his love for sciences. Fascinated about how the creation of life works, he began the study of the human body, and eventually using many different body parts and chemicals he created a monster that …show more content…
This one may be pushing the ethical boundaries between saving lives and Frankensteining. In Fact the surgery is so controversial that it has to take place outside of the United States as it would never be approved here. The procedure would take the head off Valery Spiridonov and put it on a donor patient. Valery Spiridonov suffers from a lethal genetic disease that left him disabled, with the ability to perform only a few motions and he is trying to seek a better quality of life. The procedure will push the envelope of medical technology that was not nearly possible in the 1800’s. The procedure has been tested on a dog and monkey successfully and now Dr. Sergio Canavero and over one hundred other workers plan to do the transplant in 2017 (Welch). This procedure would not have been possible in the 1800’s for many reasons. The first step in the procedure is to freeze the body so that the muscle tissue and brain cells deteriorate at a slower rate. In the 1800’s it would be very hard to get the body to an exact core temperature as there was no technology to mandate exact body temperature. The next step in the procedure is to cut open the next and start to transfer/cross the blood vessels. This process is done quite often and requires advance technology to keep the blood flowing which was not around in the 1800’s. The last step is to cut and reconnect the head using polyethylene glycol to fuse it back, this would be impossible in the 1800s as they would not be able to fine bone back together. One ethical issue that can be argued in this case is which family or life he would live as he has the brain of one guy but the features of the
Mrs. Schroder
English IV
December 4, 2016
Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein was able to make a monster out of many different body parts and chemicals. While it would have been impossible in the 1800’s, would it be possible in today's world?
At the age of seventeen Victor had left his life and started his career at the University of Ingolstadt. While attending to the University, he knew a professor who had told him that all the time he spent studying alchemists was a waste. He then attended a lecture about chemistry and that is what sparked his love for sciences. Fascinated about how the creation of life works, he began the study of the human body, and eventually using many different body parts and chemicals he created a monster that …show more content…
This one may be pushing the ethical boundaries between saving lives and Frankensteining. In Fact the surgery is so controversial that it has to take place outside of the United States as it would never be approved here. The procedure would take the head off Valery Spiridonov and put it on a donor patient. Valery Spiridonov suffers from a lethal genetic disease that left him disabled, with the ability to perform only a few motions and he is trying to seek a better quality of life. The procedure will push the envelope of medical technology that was not nearly possible in the 1800’s. The procedure has been tested on a dog and monkey successfully and now Dr. Sergio Canavero and over one hundred other workers plan to do the transplant in 2017 (Welch). This procedure would not have been possible in the 1800’s for many reasons. The first step in the procedure is to freeze the body so that the muscle tissue and brain cells deteriorate at a slower rate. In the 1800’s it would be very hard to get the body to an exact core temperature as there was no technology to mandate exact body temperature. The next step in the procedure is to cut open the next and start to transfer/cross the blood vessels. This process is done quite often and requires advance technology to keep the blood flowing which was not around in the 1800’s. The last step is to cut and reconnect the head using polyethylene glycol to fuse it back, this would be impossible in the 1800s as they would not be able to fine bone back together. One ethical issue that can be argued in this case is which family or life he would live as he has the brain of one guy but the features of the