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 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
As his confidence and strength grew, he was able to spend increasingly longer periods out of the iron lung.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
He was initially placed in an 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
