Paul Alexander, the Texas man who relied on an iron lung for seven decades, answered a series of unique questions from his ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

The polio survivor, Paul Alexander, lived inside an iron lung for 70 years. But what is an iron lung and how does it work. Video by Sanjana Bhambhani Watch as weaverbirds build intricate nests ...

At night, his widowed mother sealed him into his bedroom iron lung, a grotesque tank-like device ... child because these were the worst years of polio outbreaks in the United States.

High dust concentrations can cause respiratory problems, decrease lung activity, aggravate asthma, and lead to potential heart-related problems, especially with children, elderly or those with pre ...

I lived in a poor, Black community in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and was one of two children in 1959 who contracted polio as a result of getting the oral vaccine. I also had measles, tonsillitis ...

Twenty years after presenting the world with the new-famous iron lung, the University School of ... regular breathing for sustained period. Helps Polio Victims The electrophrenic respirator ...

Polio was a disease that devastated the United ... the effects of the disease decades after its initial strike. The iron lung was an invention that helped keep thousands of sufferers alive ...