my life in an iron lung

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One Of The Last People To Live In An Iron Lung Is A Longhorn The Alcalde

Life in an iron lung was far from comfortable.

. The iron lung kept people breathing by holding them from the neck down in a metal tank. The life of Paul Alexander could easily be viewed as one of tragedy. With the head essentially detached from the body all a person could do was breathe speak and look around the room with the aid.

In the first half of the 20th century the disease known as poliomyelitis panicked Americans. Life inside an iron lung means long hours spent keeping ones mind busy while the body gains the ability to breathe. On this episode of Radio Diaries we share her story.

Martha Mason has lived in an iron lung for 60 years. But a week of being without the iron lung was absolutely impossible. Paul Alexanders life is a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped by the Polio epidemic of the early 1950s.

Developed during the 1920s the iron lung was invented to help individuals with polio breathe after their torso and abdominal muscles ceased to work. A nurse attends to a boy in an iron lung. An iron lung could be viewed as a medical marvel a potential.

Life in an Iron Lung. I came home about September time assuming that I was OK. He has lived with critical assistance of an iron lung for over 67 years.

By DAN CHILDSABC News Medical Unit May 30 2008 -- When Martha Mason read of the death this week of 61-year. Usally people with a smaller lung capacity will. The air pressure within was modulated by vacuum pumps and the.

My Life in an Iron. With profound love and constant encouragement from his supportive family and a cast of dedicated teachers care. A man who cannot breathe on his own paralyzed from the neck down for seven decades due to polio.

Having a small lung capacity can affect your every day life but usally without any harmfull or negative side affects. Survivors of the 1950s Polio Epidemic in America are rare. CNN A Texas man who has lived 70 years in an iron lung says he has lived a full and exciting life because he never gave up The machine was common during the polio.

Check out the incredible life story of Polio Paul one of the last men with an iron lung today that has lived in the large steel ventilator for seven decades. The iron lung at home.

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