iron lung

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Most poignant, especially in retrospect, was the iron lung, where I overheard a dad telling his son about polio and how people don’t get it anymore because we have a vaccine.

From Washington Post

Children would eagerly begin their school breaks with a bicycle, scooter or kite and end them in crutches, braces or an iron lung.

From Scientific American

Some went to hospitals to use iron lungs they needed to breathe.

From Seattle Times

My older sister was first in an iron lung and then learned to walk, talk and function normally while very young.

From Seattle Times

Parents raced to inoculate their kids to spare them from the iron lung.

From Washington Post