iron lung
Example Sentences
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Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
"He needed a unique type of care. Not even professionals are trained to take care of a quadriplegic in an iron lung," says Philip of the huge responsibility that came with supporting his brother.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
Mr Richards had come into possession of two iron lung machines at a building clearance and he recalls how one day a paramedic walked in asking: "Is this the place I can find iron lungs?"
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
Cootie spent a year inside an iron lung that breathed for him, and he’d been in and out of hospitals ever since.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
