Stephen Hopkins

Larry D. Eldridge, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, argues that the widespread beliefs of torture, isolation, and inhumane treatment of mentally ill patients during colonial times are inaccurate based on his own analysis of multiple primary sources within, “’Crazy Brained: Mental Illness in Colonial America.” Contrary to the conclusions of other historians, Eldridge’s research found that mental illness, primarily, was not as widespread as previously thought. He also…

Human beings are designed to cooperate and collaborate with systems, their bodies are organisms that work in cooperation. In fact, every aspect of biology is interdependent of each other. Interdisciplinary curriculums with an integrated learning approach (I-I), constitutes an exterior representation of our interior-natural functionality and consequently, a natural way of learning. An overall implementation of an (I-I) methodology in the American educational system will ensure students into…

monetary gain from cells that help cure cancer and different diseases. The medical industry has used the HeLa cells to its advantage in exploiting the use for its gain through untold profits. As Rebecca Skloot mentions in the novel “There’s no record of Hopkins and Gey accepting money for HeLa cells, but many for-profit cell banks and biotech companies have.” (Skloot…

was occurring. Once Rebecca finally meets Day, Sonny, and Lawrence she discovers that they are angry because thousands of different people are profiting from Henrietta’s cell while they’re still living in poverty. The family are later tested at Hopkins Hospital, but they don’t know why, Deborah fears that it is to see if she and the others have internal problems and would die like…

For my Deaf Person in History, I chose Alice Cogswell. I will be honest, before I started this paper, I had never heard of Alice Cogswell. I chose her because I have always loved the name Alice. However, now that I have read about her, I can truly see how important she was to the deaf people. Alice Cogswell was born in Hartford, Connecticut on August 31, 1805. When she was two years old, she got extremely sick with cerebral spinal meningitis, also known as “spotted fever”. It was because of…

Mohini Vadalia The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks, the wife and cousin of David Lacks, and a mother of 5, Lawrence, Elsie, David Jr.(Sonny), Deborah, and Joe. She was a poor, black woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951. The hospital where she was receiving her treatments, her doctor had withdrawn samples of her cancer cells without her knowledge and permission. These cells began reproducing endlessly. Even after Henrietta had died, her cells were still alive. They…

career by becoming a resident at Johns Hopkins University in 1977 (Biography.com Editors). He was immediately recognized for his natural talent and ingenious touches in the world of neurosurgery. By 1982, his achievements propelled him to be the chief resident of neurosurgery in his department (Biography.com Editors). An unexpected opportunity to work at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia, came about in 1983. However, Carson returned to Johns Hopkins in 1984 and continued to grow…

14 had her first child with her cousin, David. She later married David when she was 20 years old. The couple went on to have 5 children. Henrietta at the age of 31 felt a mass on her cervix and was taken to see Dr. Howard Jones, a doctor at John Hopkins hospital. Dr. Jones, without consent, took tissue samples of the troublesome mass and sent them to…

For the Manitoba teenager Warren Pryor, the super hero of last week’s bank heist, had saved two children’s lives. But nobody knows that Warren Pryor lived an extremely frustrated, hopeless life. Warren, a 23-year-old banker who graduated with a master degree in finance had worked in BMO bank in Manitoba for few years. He born into a poor family, Warren grew up with a patriotic heart. Warren lived in a small town called George Town located in North Manitoba. People live in this town are mostly…

Social media is still rapidly growing as a daily part of human interaction for a very wide age group. Most activity on sites such as Facebook involves personal communication and browsing websites, but due to its massive popularity, social media has also become an important communication tool among professionals to a point where in some cases it is almost a necessity. Calvin Mann (2013) states, “After a few months away, I've been forced back to Facebook. It's a shame that it's become such a…