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iron lung, device used to maintain artificial respiration artificial respiration, any measure that causes air to flow in and out of a person's lungs when natural breathing is inadequate or ceases, as in respiratory paralysis, drowning, electric shock, choking, gas or smoke inhalation, or poisoning.
..... Click the link for more information. over an extended period of time. Before the successful vaccination program against poliomyelitis, it was used mostly in treatment of that disease. Currently, its main usage is in cases where the respiration control center of the brain has been damaged (e.g. skull fractures, brain tumors and stroke) or where the diaphragm is paralyzed by spinal cord disease or injury. Invented (1928) by Philip Drinker, the iron lung is composed of a cylindrical steel drum, which encloses the entire body with only the head exposed. A rubber diaphragm makes the cylinder airtight without putting undue pressure on the neck. Pumps raise and lower the pressure within the chamber. A number of problems exist with the iron lung machine; food or vomit may be aspirated into the lungs, and serious skin ulcers may develop in a patient who is immobilized for long periods of time.

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an airtight metal cylinder enclosing the entire body up to the neck and providing artificial respiration when the respiratory muscles are paralysed, as by poliomyelitis

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No references found	But as polio sufferers died and newer, more portable respiratory devices were developed, the number of people in iron lungs dwindled. PUSHING AHEAD WITH DREAM DESPITE DISABILITY, BURBANK MAN PURSUES ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Naturally there will be food and drink involved although iron lungs cannot be provided. The Try's The Limit: Saints get all touchy by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) They've grown up in a world where iron lungs, leg braces and the fear of summer polio epidemics are artifacts of their parents' and grandparents' lives. Eradicating polio by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)	Iron Chlorides iron citrate iron cordierite iron core iron count Iron County Iron Cross Iron Curtain iron dichloride iron ferrocyanide iron fluoride iron formation iron foundry iron framing Iron Gate iron glance Iron Guard iron hat Iron Horse State Park iron hydroxide Iron Industry Iron Law of Wages iron liquor iron loss iron lung iron lungs iron maiden iron metabolism iron metavanadate iron meteorite iron mica Iron Mission State Park iron monoxide iron nitrate Iron Nitrates iron nonacarbonyl Iron Ochers iron ore Iron Ores iron oxalate iron oxide iron oxide process Iron Oxides iron pentacarbonyl iron phosphate iron pipe size Iron Plating iron pyrites iron red iron resinate iron saffron	Iron Horse Mothers Club Iron Horse State Park Iron Horse Trail iron horses Iron Hose Metal Works Iron hydroxide Iron hydroxide Iron hydroxide Iron III Complexes of Tetra Amido Macrocyclic Ligand iron in the fire iron in the fire iron in the fire iron in the fire Iron industry Iron Jawed Angels Iron Kingdoms Character Guide Iron Kingdoms World Guide Iron Lady Iron law of wages Iron legion Iron legion iron level and total iron-binding capacity test Iron liquor Iron liquor Iron loss Iron loss Iron loss iron lung iron lung iron lung iron lungs iron maiden iron maiden iron maiden Iron Maiden (band) Iron Maiden (band) Iron Maiden Fan Club Iron Maiden Official Club iron maidens iron maidens iron man iron man iron man iron man Iron Man (comics) Iron Man (disambiguation) Iron Man (disambiguation) Iron Man (disambiguation) Iron Man Championship Wrestling Iron Man Competition iron manganese tungsten Iron mask iron men Iron metabolism Iron metabolism Iron metallurgy Iron metallurgy Iron metallurgy Iron metallurgy iron metavanadate Iron meteorite

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But as polio sufferers died and newer, more portable respiratory devices were developed, the number of people in iron lungs dwindled.

PUSHING AHEAD WITH DREAM DESPITE DISABILITY, BURBANK MAN PURSUES ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Naturally there will be food and drink involved although iron lungs cannot be provided.

The Try's The Limit: Saints get all touchy by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

They've grown up in a world where iron lungs, leg braces and the fear of summer polio epidemics are artifacts of their parents' and grandparents' lives.

Eradicating polio by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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