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Polio paralizes particular nerves including the nerves that control breathing. When a person had polio, it became difficult for that person to breathe. That person was placed in this large iron cylinder. Their neck and head stuck out. A diaphragm at the foot would go back and forth. The diaphragm would pull one direction creating a partial vacuum making the person breathe in. Then the diaphragm would push the other way creating increasing the air pressure. The person would breathe out. Eventually the patient would either die or recover. Vaccinations have wiped polio out of most of the world except for Muslim areas. Today, other devices can force air into and out of the lungs without covering the entire body.
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The first time an iron lung was used?
1928
Who spent the Longest time in an iron lung?
June Middleton
When was My Iron Lung created?
My Iron Lung was created in 1993.
The first time an iron lung was used was in?
It was first used in 1952
Why was the Iron Lung invented?
because
How did he invent the iron lung?
i doknow
When was an iron lung first used?
1928
Who invented iron lung?
Three men were involved in the invention of the iron lung. Their names were John Emerson, Philip Drinker, and Louis Shaw, Jr.
Who invented the iron breathing lung?
The first modern iron lung was invented by Harvard medical researchers Philip Drinker and Luis Agassiz Shaw in 1927.
How long is an iron lung?
It is 2 feet long
Can cast iron dust cause black lung?
Black lung was caused by digging in the coal mines.
How long do you stay in the iron lung?
Your whole life if you need to.
