iron lung
Example Sentences
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Martha Lillard was the last polio patient in the US who used an iron lung but her family told the BBC she never let it slow her down.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
In moments of desperation like these, Paul had access to more portable breathing devices, which used a different sort of technology to the iron lung.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
I’ve never seen an iron lung, but the newspapers had pictures of children in iron lungs, back when people still got polio.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
