iron lung

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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 initially placed in an iron lung.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Watch: Philip Alexander remembers his brother, 'the man in the iron lung'

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Cootie spent a year inside an iron lung that breathed for him, and he’d been in and out of hospitals ever since.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot