The immortal life of Herietta lacks by Sarai Rosales

Chapter #1 Henrietta's treatment

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Only people of color
1. Hospital 22 miles away
2. Henrietta did not feel accepted at the hospital; they segregated them in colored wards.
3. Henrietta did not show up to a lot of her treatments

Henriettas life

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Chapter #2

Henerietta's mom died giving birth to her 10th child
Henrietta stopped attending school in the 6th grade
Heneritta's childhood was pretty calm, other than having to work in the fields

Invasive and Non-invasive cancers

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Invasive: Is when invasive carcinomas, which only penetrate the surface of the cervix
Non-Invasive: Is when it's a smooth layer across only the surface of the cervix

-This matters because both invasive and Non-Invasive can lead to death and need to be talked about.

-Dr. Gey took a sharp knife and took a small sample of Henerietta's cells without her knowing.

Henrietta and Elsie #Chapter 5

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Henrietta was the life of the party in the way Sadie would describe her
Henrietta was amazing with babies and children
Henrietta did not like the fact that she would not be able to have children again
Henrrita, her husband, had odd semen and still did sexual stuff with him

-Elise was beautiful, delicate, and feminine like Henrietta

-Elise was not a big talker; she crawled and chirped like a bird.

-Elise would race through the fields trying to catch wild turkeys

-Sometimes, Elise would run through the streets screaming

-Elise got sent far away the day Henrietta passed.

The Birth of Hela

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Mary's role in the lab was to handle all the cells and try to grow them
She would separate them into different places to help them grow
Margaret's role in the lab was to find the liquid to feed the cells and find the perfect balance. She was the lab's stability.

Henrietta's Death

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Henrietta's death was somewhat peaceful, although her family was with her, the doctors were injecting morphine into her without her knowing, which caused her distress, and she was asking what they had done to her. Lucky Henrietta had her family with her, asking them to take care of her sweet Deborah, who was only a little over a year old when Henrietta passed.

Henrietta's Children

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Joe
-Joe had started to develop multiple personal issues after his mother Henrietta, passed. He went to prison and never really talked with the rest of the family.
Lawrence
-Lawrence was a part of the military and had ptsd from Henrietta's passing. He had to be the provider of the family, but also struggled mentally.
Deborah
-Deborah was Henrietta's youngest kid She never got to know her mom since she only died when she was two years old. She had to grow up with grief in her life and not knowing too much about her mom.

Southam's Experiments

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Southam's experiments were unfair and illegal.
He treated patients as if their lives didn't matter, injecting them with more cancer cells.
He injected Hela cells into over 600 patients, and half had cancer.

-His research was not done correctly, and without the consent of any patient.

-Southam injected Hela cells into almost all his patients, yet never injected himself after acting like nothing would happen to his patients, but never injected himself?

-Doctors like Southam make it scary to think you should trust a doctor because you never know if they could be doing something like Southam did, or even worse.