The Exterior of an Iron Lung, Early 1950s
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The Exterior of an Iron Lung, Early 1950s The Exterior of an Iron Lung, Early 1950s

These room-sized respirators were in nearly continuous use for the treatment of respiratory failure caused by polio during epidemics in the early 1950s. Progress in virology eventually rendered these huge machines obsolete.
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