Paul Alexander (polio survivor) - Wikipedia
Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and writer. The last man to live in an iron lung, he contracted polio in 1952 at …
This polio survivor is one of the last still using an iron lung ... - NPR
2021年10月25日 — Martha Lillard needed a large respirator called an iron lung to recover from polio, which she caught in 1953. She still uses a form of the device at nights. On June 8, 1953, …
The man in the iron lung: How Paul Alexander lived life to the full - BBC
Paul Alexander was six years old when he woke, terrified, to find himself inside a large metal tube, with only his head sticking out. He couldn't move to feel what was trapping him, and when he...
Iron lung - Wikipedia
The iron lung is a large horizontal cylinder designed to stimulate breathing in patients who have lost control of their respiratory muscles. The patient's head is exposed outside the cylinder, …
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, …
2024年3月14日 — Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age …
Longest surviving iron lung patient was kept alive by a machine …
2023年3月21日 — Today, at the age of 77, Paul Alexander is the longest iron lung patient ever. FB Paul has been using his negative-pressure ventilator for 70 years, and currently spends most …
This man lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years. Here's how …
2024年3月15日 — Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who became known as "the man in the iron lung" died on Monday, aged 78. He contracted polio as a boy, leaving him paralysed from the …
Man in an iron lung since age 6 dies at 78 : NPR
2024年3月13日 — Paul Alexander, who held a Guinness World Record for living the longest with the help of an iron lung, has died. Here, medical staff stand among iron lung machines in an …
How the iron lung paved the way for the modern-day intensive care ... - BBC
2024年3月15日 — With the passing of iron lung patient Paul Alexander, a look back at how the device paved the way for subsequent life-saving medical innovations. Long before the polio …
Texas Man Who Lived 70 Years in an Iron Lung ... - Smithsonian Magazine
2024年3月13日 — Almost completely paralyzed from the neck down, Alexander, who died on March 11 at age 78, spent much of the next seven decades in a large steel ventilator known …