The Immortal Life of Henrietta Life chapter summaries
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks summary
Chapter one
Chapter one is about when Henrietta lacks is in the Hopkins hospital explaining to the doctor that she has a lump. Henrietta had felt this lump for a long time but though it was because of her pregnancy of her 5th child. The gynecologist looks at her medical history; notices that Henrietta had a list of untreated medical problems. The chapter also explains the time of period it was in as it describes how they were segregated. They had they own section on the hospital for black people.
Chapter two
In this chapter it tells the early life of Henrietta how she was one of 10 kids. Her mother died when she was only 4 years old and her father could not take care of all 10 so he moved back to where rest of the family was and split all the kids to different family members. Henrietta was left with her grandfather who was also raising her cousin David lacks. It describes their childhood life at the farm how they had to work and the things they did to pass the time. It also tells how Henrietta ends up marrying her cousin David and has 5 kids.
Chapter three
In chapter it explains how the doctors at the Hopkins hospital are working on getting a cure for cervical cancer. Their idea to cure cancer is to treat the tumor before it has become cancerous; they use Pap smear as a way to prevent cancer. It also explains how radium was used to destroy the cancer and many other things but it also kill the person that was been treated with that. The doctors at the Hopkins hospital start doing their own medical studies from patients without their consent. They also start using Henrietta as one of their patients for the studies. Henrietta finds out she has cancer but does not let her family know what is wrong with her.
Chapter four
This chapter is about when the samples from Henrietta come to the lab to be experiment on but the doctor assistant is at lunch and takes her time to get to the samples.
Chapter one
Chapter one is about when Henrietta lacks is in the Hopkins hospital explaining to the doctor that she has a lump. Henrietta had felt this lump for a long time but though it was because of her pregnancy of her 5th child. The gynecologist looks at her medical history; notices that Henrietta had a list of untreated medical problems. The chapter also explains the time of period it was in as it describes how they were segregated. They had they own section on the hospital for black people.
Chapter two
In this chapter it tells the early life of Henrietta how she was one of 10 kids. Her mother died when she was only 4 years old and her father could not take care of all 10 so he moved back to where rest of the family was and split all the kids to different family members. Henrietta was left with her grandfather who was also raising her cousin David lacks. It describes their childhood life at the farm how they had to work and the things they did to pass the time. It also tells how Henrietta ends up marrying her cousin David and has 5 kids.
Chapter three
In chapter it explains how the doctors at the Hopkins hospital are working on getting a cure for cervical cancer. Their idea to cure cancer is to treat the tumor before it has become cancerous; they use Pap smear as a way to prevent cancer. It also explains how radium was used to destroy the cancer and many other things but it also kill the person that was been treated with that. The doctors at the Hopkins hospital start doing their own medical studies from patients without their consent. They also start using Henrietta as one of their patients for the studies. Henrietta finds out she has cancer but does not let her family know what is wrong with her.
Chapter four
This chapter is about when the samples from Henrietta come to the lab to be experiment on but the doctor assistant is at lunch and takes her time to get to the samples.