Critical Thinking Research Paper
SHAOQING GONG (KEVIN)
MELISSA VERVINCK
ESL 072
15/June/2013
Research a current innovator in the medical field. Explain what this person’s contributions to the field are, and why these contributions are important or significant.
Anesthesia
Imagine that you have to have an operation soon, but your doctor said, “I am sorry, we not have anesthesia today.” What would you think? Would you finish it without anesthesia? I think no one wants to do that because anesthesia is so indispensable for us.
Anesthesia was named by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1846.1 Anesthesia is so important for us, and in this field there was another man who invented it. In 1846, William Morton, who was an America dentist, was the first person to hocus a patient with a gas called ether. During the operation, the patient fell asleep and felt no pain when Morton extracted his tooth.2 Morton was the first man who invented and used anesthesia in the world. His contribution was huge. …show more content…
According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, “anesthesia means that after a patient inhaled ether, he will be unresponsive during a surgical procedure.” However, before humans invented anesthesia, people had to suffer pain during surgery. You can just imagine the example I mentioned in the beginning, surgery without anesthesia is really hard for both doctors and patients. Nowadays, anesthesia has four main types,3 and your doctor will choose one of them for you when you are having surgery.
In conclusion, William Morton really gave a great contribution in his field, and this contribution is very important for humans. Thanks for this great boon to
MELISSA VERVINCK
ESL 072
15/June/2013
Research a current innovator in the medical field. Explain what this person’s contributions to the field are, and why these contributions are important or significant.
Anesthesia
Imagine that you have to have an operation soon, but your doctor said, “I am sorry, we not have anesthesia today.” What would you think? Would you finish it without anesthesia? I think no one wants to do that because anesthesia is so indispensable for us.
Anesthesia was named by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1846.1 Anesthesia is so important for us, and in this field there was another man who invented it. In 1846, William Morton, who was an America dentist, was the first person to hocus a patient with a gas called ether. During the operation, the patient fell asleep and felt no pain when Morton extracted his tooth.2 Morton was the first man who invented and used anesthesia in the world. His contribution was huge. …show more content…
According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, “anesthesia means that after a patient inhaled ether, he will be unresponsive during a surgical procedure.” However, before humans invented anesthesia, people had to suffer pain during surgery. You can just imagine the example I mentioned in the beginning, surgery without anesthesia is really hard for both doctors and patients. Nowadays, anesthesia has four main types,3 and your doctor will choose one of them for you when you are having surgery.
In conclusion, William Morton really gave a great contribution in his field, and this contribution is very important for humans. Thanks for this great boon to