DALLAS -- Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to ...
Aug. 16—EAST GRAND FORKS — For Sidney Berard, 94, the iron lung displayed during the recent Heritage Days in East Grand Forks ignited vivid memories from more than 70 years ago. Berard was among a ...
WTF has it on good authority that the area surrounding where the ute was parked has had its fair share of youths patrolling ...
The tank respirator or “iron lung” was a medical device used to help patients with respiratory problems—specifically to help polio patients breathe when the virus reached the stage that muscles in the ...
Tucked away in the basement of the Harvard Medical School library is a large capsule-like contraption on wheels that is both a relic of the past and, public health experts warn, a caution for the ...
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- Jere Truex was born too soon. I met him in about 1975, when he was nearly 30. He had a biting wit and a staccato laugh, and he loved comedy, especially “The Muppet Show.” His ...
I am a registered nurse and am also old enough to remember standing in a line to get a polio vaccine, then later, as a registered nurse, caring for patients in an iron lung. Vaccines have been an ...
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