Paul Alexander (polio survivor) - Wikipedia
The last man to live in an iron lung, he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six. Alexander earned a bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was …
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, …
2024年3月14日 · Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, …
This polio survivor is one of the last still using an iron lung ...
2021年10月25日 · To this day, Lillard is one of the last people in the U.S. who still depends on an iron lung to survive. Polio is a potentially life-threatening disease, once among the world's …
Longest surviving iron lung patient was kept alive by a machine …
2023年3月21日 · Meet Paul Alexander: the longest iron lung patient who, after surviving polio, has been living thanks to an iron lung for over 70 years.
Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years, dies …
2024年3月13日 · Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and …
Paul Alexander lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Lawyer, Author and TikTok Star Spent 72 Years in an Iron Lung
2024年3月13日 · After he was paralyzed by polio at age 6, Paul Alexander was confined for much of his life to a yellow iron lung that kept him alive. He was not expected to survive after that …
Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years ...
2024年3月13日 · Paul Alexander, an American man who lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years after catching polio, has died at age 78. Alexander caught the viral disease when he was …