Anesthesia

Appreciating Anesthesia

The article , Anesthesia , the Drug Taken for Granted ' recounts the blessings of anesthesia with all the information that seems to be needed to support the thesis . Every paragraph of the article starts out with a sentence to introduce the central idea of the paragraph

To recount the blessings of anesthesia , the writer persuades by appealing to the emotions of the reader - using pathos abundantly - that in the absence of anesthesia , surgeries would be quite painful . As a matter of fact , the use of pathos starts out the essay when the

author refers to bad news ' being that We can 't put you to sleep or numb you while we pull your wisdom teeth ' These words related to physical pain immediately affect the emotions of the reader , who would like to avoid pain at all costs . The writer further persuades the reader through the use of reasoning or logos . This form of appeal is also used throughout the essay . The writer , for example , explains in the beginning of the essay that not having anesthesia is bad news for one who must visit the dentist to get his wisdom teeth pulled out . The reader must infer from this that it is painful to get one 's wisdom teeth pulled out without the use of anesthesia . The first paragraph of the article ends with the idea that it is because of anesthesia that we are experiencing successful surgeries and recoveries in our day

The second paragraph recounts the history of anesthesia by first describing the origin of the word , anesthesia . The third paragraph begins with the words , Anesthetics have not always been `local ' or advanced as we have today ' This takes the reader into further details about the history of anesthesia , before the writer compares the anesthesia of yesteryears with the anesthesia of today

APPRECIATING ANESTHESIA

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In the fourth paragraph , it becomes clear to the reader that the writer is ethical in his approach . As far as ethos or ethical appeal is concerned - the essay is credible because the writer uses research to explain the importance of anesthesia and its appropriate use . He writes about the history of anesthesia , as well as common mistakes made by doctors who do not use anesthesia properly . The reader is led to believe that the writer is concerned about the welfare of the reader seeing that the writer is pointing out the problems related to the use of anesthesia in the fourth paragraph . By knowing the problems , the reader may very well try to avoid them

Another example of the use of logos in the article is provided by the following words in the beginning of the fourth paragraph : While anesthesiology is a blessing , it comes coupled with a cursed counterpart . It can be a very dangerous weapon if not used properly by the right professional ' The writer then goes on to explain the improper use of anesthesia in the United States

The fifth paragraph sums up the article by pointing out...