Organ TransplantsOrgan transplants were perhaps one of the greatest things to happen to science. Many people have had their lives saved thanks to an organ donation from a family member or stranger. The history of organ transplants goes back a long way. And while there are cons as well as pros, it's worth it in the end. The idea of ​​organ transplants has been around for centuries, dating back to the myths of the ancient Greeks and other ancient civilizations, but people were unable to perform any of them. surgeries for many years because they didn't have the right technology and science to keep someone alive with a transplant. In the 1700s, a Swiss naturalist, Abraham Trembley, observed the powers of organ regeneration in a tiny pond animal he called a hydra but couldn't do much with the information he gathered (Markovitz 98). It was in the early 1900s that doctors began trying to transplant organs from one living being to another. During this time, European doctors had patients dying of kidney failure. To save them, they transplanted the kidneys of different animals such as monkeys, pigs and goats into them. Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful and the patients never lived more than a few days. Although organ transplants were unsuccessful, in 1905 Eduard Zirm, an Austrian ophthalmologist, managed to perform the world's first corneal transplant. The operation restored sight to a man left blind in an accident. It was a good start for human transplants, but they were still a long way off. “In 1912, Alexis Carrell received a Nobel Prize for his work in the field. The French surgeon had developed methods to connect blood vessels and successfully conducted transplants on d...... middle of paper ......hey, they don't work as well as real organs, I think it would benefit many more people mostly because there are not enough natural organs available (Harris 4). Many other countries allow people to sell their organs, and that could help people here in the United States, too. “If the laws were changed so that organs could be bought and sold, some people would donate not out of altruism, but for financial gain. The result would be an increased supply of organs” (“First successful kidney transplant performed”). I see no problem with people donating organs for selfish reasons as long as it helps keep other people alive. Bottom line, I think organ transplants are a good thing. There are risks, but I think it's worth it. For almost every problem related to organ transplants there is a solution or there will be one in the future.