Paul Alexander, a Texas man who lived in an iron lung for most of his life, has died. He was 78 years old
Paul Alexander contracted polio when he was 6 years old.
He was meant to die because the infection affected his lungs. Luckily the technology, an iron lung, was already available and had been tested for years.
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Close to the modern ventilator. An iron lung is a respirator aid that was designed and invented by John Haven Emerson in 1931. He named it Emerson Respirator, an improvement over a similar artefact known as the Drinker model developed in 1928.
Paul Alexander’s kin put him in one. He has just died having lived in it for 70 years.
Despite being trapped in the iron long, Paul was able to be a successful lawyer.
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