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
Mr Richards had come into possession of two iron lung machines at a building clearance and he recalls how one day a paramedic walked in asking: "Is this the place I can find iron lungs?"
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
The medic had been transporting Paul to and from hospital, as carers fought to keep him alive in the failing iron lung.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
