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
That led his parents to make the brave decision to take him and his iron lung home, to live out his days in peace.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
As his confidence and strength grew, he was able to spend increasingly longer periods out of the iron lung.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
After an emergency tracheostomy operation, he was unable to breathe without the iron lung machine that now encased his small body.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
He sent her to St. Jude Hospital and put her in an iron lung to help her breathe.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
