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Antiquated Devices and Diseases: The Survivors of the Iron Lung and Polio and How They Lived Full Lives
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Martha Lillard did not feel uncomfortable in the steel lung like other children with polio, says her sister Acervo personal/Cindy McVey Martha Lillard was the last polio patient in the United States to use a steel lung, but her family told the BBC that she never let it stop her from living fully. Even with the large metal device involving her body for hours every day for most of her life, Martha found a way to drive, dedicated herself to paintin…
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RecentlyHeard: Breaking News, Latest News, Coronavirus NewsA six-year-old entered an iron lung after polio. More than 70 years later, he had become the world’s longest-known survivor
Rest of World News: For many people, the iron lung belongs to history books, a symbol of the years when polio swept through communities before vaccines transformed public.
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