Sketch for Chapters 8-10 for Deadly Feasts (Week 6)

In the beginning of Chapter 8, Rhodes opens with a story about Dr. Arthur DeVoe, an eye surgeon and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at Columbia University. He had a 55-year-old patient who would see halos and have cloudy vision that would improve throughout the time span of the day. He examined her and said that she had Fuchs' dystrophy. He discovered that he needed to give her corneal transplants and finally found a donor later on. The donor was a man who died of pneumonia. After going through eye surgery, the woman's vision was clear again. However, after a year of the operation, the women was feeling nauseated, had difficulty swallowing, drooled, stumbled, jerked, went spastic, and went mute. Two years after the surgery, she died. It was not until the man's cornea was donated that an autopsy occurred and it was discovered that the man showed the damages of CJD.
I made a sketch of eyes because our eyes give us our sense of vision. If Devoe had examined the cornea of the donor beforehand, the woman receiving the surgery wouldn't have gotten CJD. This made me realize that before doing anything, we really need to look closely and examine everything. If we don't, who knows what would happen? In a way, this reminds me of the quote, "Better safe than sorry" but in a way, it's different. By observing our surroundings and all, we would possibly be able to avoid being a victim of a crime. Doing little things like these can help people avoid big happenings that may affect them negatively. Also, weirdly and randomly enough, this kind of serves as a reminder to me that we only have one pair of eyes, so we should take very good care of them.