Otto Ernst Remer

Otto von Bismarck’s Policy from 1871 to 1890 From 1871 to 1890 was the reign of Bismarck as the chancellor of Germany. With the new chancellor came a new style of Diplomacy. Bismarck Diplomacy could be described as a chess game he was playing between all of the other great powers of Europe. Although the goal of the game was not to win all of the pieces. This era can be broken down into three essential components relevant to Bismarck’s reign, His initial goals and purposes of his actions, the…

Germany (Deutschland) was established by Charlemagne in 800 A.D.; this combination of states were based on two compromises. “The first was between the King of Prussia and the rulers of the other German states, who agreed to accept him as the Kaiser (emperor or king) of the new United Germany, provided they could continue to control their states as they previously had.” (Deutsch Culture) The second was the agreement to accept a constitution that combined a powerful authoritarian monarchy with a…

“No dead woman has done more for the living.” Hilary Mantel. On August 1, 1920 an unknowingly important person was born. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, or as most know her as HeLa; the line of cells created with the tumor cells from her body. Over sixty years ago, very important cells were extracted from a patient without their knowledge at the John Hopkins Hospital for black patients. A man named Gey stole some samples of the woman’s tumor in order to use them and attempt to grow them in a lab.…

Puneet Cheema 12/5/2014 PHIL 355 Professor Stacey Elizabeth Ake Extra Credit Opportunity #1: What is the story of Jessie Gelsinger? What was its impact on the development of gene therapy? In September 1999, Jesse Gelsinger passed away. It is often remembered by many medical researchers despite not really being a household name. It happened through the gene therapy clinical trial that altered the field, similarly to the Tuskegee experiments. The research practices…

The Secret Life of Henrietta Lacks was a book written by Rebecca Skloot in 2010. I had never heard of this book before I started to take Medically Terminology 1 and my teacher told us that we would be reading it over the course of the semester. I was very surprised that I had never heard of it before considering I work in a library. I enjoy reading books so when I learned that we would be reading a book I hadn't read I was excited to read it. The Secret Life of Henrietta Lacks was about an…

The Ethical Reflection of Henrietta Lack’s Story On October 4, 1951, a lady by the name of Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer and her cells were acquired for the purpose of research. Dr. Guy, director, and researcher at Johns Hopkins Hospital went onto live television proposing to the public that he had found a means to eradicate cancer through a recent study of cancerous cells (Curtis, 2012). It was clear that medical research had begun to soar, but the balance between the exploration of…

A person’s perspective is a key factor in their personality. If a politician has an early 1900’s racist mindset then the public knows they’ll attempt to limit the right of non-whites. If a male employer has a deeply rooted sexist mindset than it can be inferred that he would never employ women. These are all simple decisions that if implemented could have long lasting effects on a community, but what if someone’s perspective leads to a decision whose repercussions will literally last for an…

When Kaiser Wilhelm II ascended to the throne, Germany had everything set up for it to continue being a leading world power in a peaceful Europe. Due to Otto Von Bismarck, Germany had isolated France and maintained good terms with Russia and Great Britain. However, because of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany ended up outnumbered, fighting a global war against France, Great Britain, and Russia. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the major force behind World War I. He brought to ruin Germany’s relations with Russia…

The countless amounts of unethical scientific researches that were conducted by well respected scientists cannot be numbered. The amount of victims of unethical scientific research also cannot be numbered, but just another aspect that exposes the discrepancies of many health care professionals who took advantage of the respect, the trust and, the faith those patients instilled. Henrietta Lacks a woman of prestige, a woman of significant importance, and a woman of color was violated by health…

Henrietta Lacks was born in 1920, and died 31 years later in 1951. When researchers took samples of Henrietta 's cervix while she was still alive, they found that her cancer cells were growing 20 times faster than her normal cells. Scientists like George Gey wanted to find a way in which cancer cells could be fought. He sent Henrietta 's cells to other scientists who would be able to use it for research. HeLa cells were used to diagnose genetic diseases, fight polio, and create vaccines. Because…