Attention Getter Of Organ Transplants

Josie Lesinski

General Purpose: To Inform

Specific Purpose: After listening to my speech, my audience will know the history of organ transplants/transplantation and its medical advances over the years.

Introduction

I. Attention Getter: A week and a half ago, there was a news article reporting that Dr. Bud Frazier was being honored for performing the most heart transplants nationwide. Specifically, he performed 1,500 heart transplants and implanted 1,000 left ventricular assist devices. He is also the man who invented the device. Where did the remarkable research and advances begin for organ transplants in human beings, and how did it make progress?

II. Personal Credibility: I have always held a curiosity about the anatomy and physiology of the body and all the parts that work together to keep us alive. Equally, it is extraordinary that medical advances have made it possible to undergo surgery to replace a failing organ with a thriving new organ, further saving a life. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing statistics: Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list. At one point in your life, you will know someone who needs a transplant.

III. Thesis: I will explain the history of organ transplants, starting with ancient ideas before modern science until the 21st century.

[Transition:] Let’s begin with the ideas of Ancient Folklore.

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I. Ancient folk stories inspired the exchanges between animal body parts and human body parts.

A. Dr. Tilney, a professor of surgery and director of the Surgical Research Laboratory at Harvard Medical School states: “the concept has been fueled richly throughout the ages by the vision of adding or substituting bodily features ...

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...a transplanted was successfully transplanted.

1. The first successful cornea transplant was performed by Dr. Edward Zirm.

2. The case included a day laborer by the name of Alois Gloger who had lost his sight by accidentally burning his eyes on the job.

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Clincher: The man who awarded Dr. Bud Frazier, was Dr. Denton A. Cooley, who was actually the man who performed the very first successful heart transplant in the United States.