STORIES OF OBJECTS: The Iron Lung
Sep 04, 2020
2 minutes
The iron lung was developed to assist the breathing of patients with the severe form of poliomyelitis (polio) a contagious disease that causes flu-like symptoms, but can cause muscle paralysis, difficulty breathing, and sometimes death.
According to the Canadian Public Health Association at , “An estimated 11,000 people in Canada were
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