Science has come a long way since its surge from the Renaissance, a time of discovery and acceptance of new scientific practices. Biology, a science concerning life structures, has made very pronounced advancements. From subduing the black plague with sanitation to restarting hearts shortly after it seizes, it seems that there is no limit to what can be accomplished now in the 21st century. Creation of life has been a debated subject recently. The science and advancements we've made leave us with the question of its possibility. Mary shelley's famous novel Frankenstein in which a brilliant scientist, Victor Frankenstein brings to life a human like creature made up of various stolen body parts explores this topic. The idea behind Victor's
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We are able to perform tasks that would've seemed near impossible or downright insanity had they been attempted centuries ago. One of the largest advancements is the task of taking donated organs and being able to place them in a person who needed them, thus saving a life. This is done with just about any organ, even the heart and lungs. One interesting type is a skin graft. Skin grafts are in simplest terms, skin transplants. When an unfortunate person has a third degree burn, their skin can be burned right off. Doctors are able to take skin from a donated corpse and transplant it to the burn victim, giving them new skin. This procedure still has cosmetic kinks, but nonetheless this is a useful procedure. The idea of taking an organ from one body to another may have had a very small survival rate from both patients a couple hundred years ago, but in modern medicine, transplants happen daily. In the 18th century, we dove headfirst as a society into science, especially in technology. This use of kinetic energy became a phenomena that researchers needed to uncover. Galvani and many other scientists toyed with electricity and biology, eventually figuring out that the body is a useful conductor and that muscles operate on a form of electricity produced by the body. Using this knowledge, we are able to restart a heart, thus …show more content…
From stem cell research to cryonics to artificial organs, mankind has gained immense knowledge.Considering today's circumstances with research done, the possibility of Frankenstein's monster being successful is much more
We are able to perform tasks that would've seemed near impossible or downright insanity had they been attempted centuries ago. One of the largest advancements is the task of taking donated organs and being able to place them in a person who needed them, thus saving a life. This is done with just about any organ, even the heart and lungs. One interesting type is a skin graft. Skin grafts are in simplest terms, skin transplants. When an unfortunate person has a third degree burn, their skin can be burned right off. Doctors are able to take skin from a donated corpse and transplant it to the burn victim, giving them new skin. This procedure still has cosmetic kinks, but nonetheless this is a useful procedure. The idea of taking an organ from one body to another may have had a very small survival rate from both patients a couple hundred years ago, but in modern medicine, transplants happen daily. In the 18th century, we dove headfirst as a society into science, especially in technology. This use of kinetic energy became a phenomena that researchers needed to uncover. Galvani and many other scientists toyed with electricity and biology, eventually figuring out that the body is a useful conductor and that muscles operate on a form of electricity produced by the body. Using this knowledge, we are able to restart a heart, thus …show more content…
From stem cell research to cryonics to artificial organs, mankind has gained immense knowledge.Considering today's circumstances with research done, the possibility of Frankenstein's monster being successful is much more