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Poliomyelitis, caused by the poliovirus, can damage the nervous system and impair breathing muscles. In the era before widespread vaccination, severe bulbar or spinal polio some...
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Paul Alexander is widely recognized for his years spent in an iron lung due to polio, a period that intersected with one of the most challenging public health crises of the 20th...
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The question of the longest time in an iron lung refers to the longest documented period a person remained inside an iron lung, primarily polio patients who relied on the device...
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Paul Alexander is known as one of the last individuals to spend much of his life in an iron lung, yet his achievements extend far beyond that iconic image. This evergreen explai...
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