iron lung
Example Sentences
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Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
"He needed a unique type of care. Not even professionals are trained to take care of a quadriplegic in an iron lung," says Philip of the huge responsibility that came with supporting his brother.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
He was allowed to venture into the neighbourhood in his wheelchair with childhood friends, returning to the iron lung when he was tired.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
You could get polio without knowing how or where, end up in an iron lung without knowing why.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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