Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story

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On the other side. They were very costly, like in the 1930s is one of these cost $1500 which was as much as a single family home and you know this is before health insurance and so not everybody could afford one. Hospitals invested heavily in and they were, you know, very common during Sarah not meant as a permanent treatment but some people ended up using it for the rest of their lives because they never recover.

Like Fredericks, not the subject of much media attention at the time due to the iron lungs:" new factor was born on September 22, weighing 8 pounds site has lived in on baby's childhood sweetheart love you now a proud father of his on magazine covers a call of the man in the iron lung and Fredericks night was one of those people who never recover. And he spent the rest of his life in the iron lung until he died of heart and lung failure. It's very hard on your body to be as you can imagine, motionless, stuck inside all the time. By 1959, there were still 1200 people using the car loan by 2004 through nine 2014 only 10 people were still using iron on the basis today is about three often we get people that come in here older people who remember growing up and seeing somebody who had one of these in their you know somebody being treated in their home in an iron lung, you know these are not made or manufactured anymore or serviced any more. And so if you do get an advanced case. Polio you are more likely to be given a portable respirator that allows freedom of movement better access to your caregiver. But these individuals fell that they were getting better results with the iron lung so they were fortunate to have people in their family who could jerryrigged it and keep it running for them and that's what they used on a daily basis close to becoming a museum piece iron lungs are a reminder of the dark time in the past but there also proof of how far we've come in less than a century hour American stories I Monty Montgomery great job as always, to Monty, who himself is a Hillsdale grad.

Special thanks to Darren glasswork. The mobile medical Museum. What a piece of history. This is medical history and all of our history stories brought was for the great folks at Hillsdale college to learn all the things that are good in life and all the things that are beautiful life you can get the Hillsdale Hillsville will come to you with a free and terrific online courses go to Hillsdale.edu Hillsdale.edu since 1988 polio cases worldwide have gone down 99% member cases in 2017 was a mere 22 then compare that to 35,000 year being paralyzed or disabled just in this country story of the iron lung dear on our American stores view of the great American stories we tell him love America like we do for asking you to become a part of the all American stories for him to agree that America is a good and great country.

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