- Wikipedia: Iron Lung
User-edited article about the iron lung, the large machine that enables a person to breathe when normal muscle control is lost in patients like those affected by polio.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung
- NMAH: The Iron Lung and Other Equipment
Paraphernalia about iron lung or the tank respirator used to help polio patients breathe. From the National Museum of American History.
americanhistory.si.edu/polio/howpolio/ironlung.htm
- About.com: History of the Iron Lung - Respirator
Information about the airtight metal tank used to help polio patients breathe.
inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/iron_lung.htm
- Sunday Morning Herald: Power Failure Kills Iron Lung Lady
News report dated May 28, 2008.
www.smh.com.au/news/world/power-failure-kills-iron-lung-lady/2008/05/29/121...
- NMAH: Iron Lung
From the collections of the National Museum of American History.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=114
- University of Virginia: Iron Lung
Traces the development of iron lung and other artifical respirators for polio patients. From the historical collections at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia.
historical.hsl.virginia.edu/ironlung
- Modern Mechanix: DIY Iron Lung
About the "wooden lung" temporarily used in 1949, to treat an eight-year old polio patient until the conventional iron version was obtained.
blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/25/diy-iron-lung
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