Paul Alexander

medical history

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...

biography

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...

Celebrity Profiles

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...