iron lung
noun
: a device for artificial respiration in which rhythmic alternations in the air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest force air into and out of the lungs
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The iron lung — a full-body ventilator famously used to aid polio patients — was used as early treatment of TB.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The iron lung has disappeared from modern medicine, but its legacy remains.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
After contracting polio in 1952 as a child, Alexander relied on the iron lung throughout his life.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Survivors know their ranks are thinning; one of the last Americans to rely on an iron lung for much of his life, a lawyer named Paul Alexander, died last year.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The iron lung has disappeared from modern medicine, but its legacy remains.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
After contracting polio in 1952 as a child, Alexander relied on the iron lung throughout his life.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Survivors know their ranks are thinning; one of the last Americans to rely on an iron lung for much of his life, a lawyer named Paul Alexander, died last year.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Iron lung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20lung. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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