The iron lung was first used a year after its contraption ... Portholes were added to its sides so that patient access became a great deal easier. Mass distribution of the machines began in ...

The iron lung was an invention that helped keep thousands of sufferers alive, by breathing for those who had lost the ability through the degenerative effects of the disease. A small handful of ...

Other patients treated at the School and in Los ... Whittenberger explained, the electrophrenic method is superior to the "Iron lung" in the treatment of the bulbar variation of the disease.

Polio usually affects children under five years old but anyone who has not been vaccinated is at risk of being infected.