Ben Carson Research Paper

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Early Life and Education On September 18, 1951, Benjamin Solomon Carson was born in Detroit, MI. He was the second child and son of Sonya and Robert Solomon Carson. Sonya was a stay at home mom who had dropped out of school in the third grade. Robert was a Baptist minister and the two got married at the ripe age of 13. At first, Robert was a wonderful husband and showered his wife with gifts and attention but this eventually faded and the happy couple divorced Ben grew up in inner-city Detroit with his mom and older brother, Curtis, and his family was not the wealthiest either. Sonya Carson raised both of her sons by herself and many times she took on two or three jobs to support her family. Even from his childhood, Ben thought towards a…show more content…
The two German infants were born joined at the head. Carson was contacted and he felt that the operation could be conducted successfully. On September 4, 1987, with a team of about 70 doctors, nurses, and support staff, Ben successfully performed the 22-hour surgery. In order to prevent severe bleeding, Carson used hypothermic arrest which cools the body and slows the blood flow. This was the first surgery of its kind. In 1994, Ben Carson set out on a mission to separate another pair of twins. The operation was unsuccessful and the twins died. Carson was greatly affected and promised to keep moving forward. Three years later, Ben went to Zambia in Africa to separate boys Luka and Joseph Banda. The boys were joined at the top of the head and this made it difficult. After a 28-hour operation, both Luka and Joseph survived with no brain damage. Ben’s radical operations began to gain media attention. At first, the public saw a soft-spoken hospital spokesperson but as they learned Ben’s story, many were touched and inspired. He travelled to speak about his life. He and his wife founded the Carson Scholars Fund in order to give young students a better chance of attending higher

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