Each Question Below Is a Plan for a Narrative Paragraph

question 15

Multiple Choice

Each question below is a plan for a narrative paragraph. The events in the plans are not in the correct chronological order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the events in the proper time sequence. In a lifetime of many successes, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams pioneered open-heart surgery the day he operated on James Cornish.
____ According to eyewitnesses, Williams first made a six-inch incision and removed Cornish's fifth rib.
____ Cornish's frightened friends brought him to Provident Hospital, the first interracial hospital in the United States.
____ Then he repaired a torn artery and stitched up the punctured sac surrounding the heart.
____ On July 9, 1893, James Cornish received a deep knife gash near his heart during a fight.
____ Dr. Williams examined Cornish and immediately decided to operate.
____ Fifty-one days later, Cornish left the hospital, recovered and deeply grateful to Dr. Williams for his life.

• A) 5, 3, 4, 1, 6, 2
• B) 4, 2, 5, 1, 3, 6
• C) 6, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5

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Determinants of health

Factors that influence an individual's health status, including socio-economic, physical environment, behavioral, and genetic factors.

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