iron lung
Example Sentences
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Martha Lillard was the last polio patient in the US who used an iron lung but her family told the BBC she never let it slow her down.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
He had to deal with the surprise of clients on entering his office and seeing him in his iron lung.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
After an emergency tracheostomy operation, he was unable to breathe without the iron lung machine that now encased his small body.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
He sent her to St. Jude Hospital and put her in an iron lung to help her breathe.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
