Posted on Mar 13, 2024
Paul Alexander, ‘The Man in the Iron Lung,’ has died at 78
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"Paul Alexander contracted polio when he was 6 years old in 1952 and quickly lost the use of most of his body. To survive, he was put into an iron lung, a machine that stimulates breathing in people who have lost the use of their respiratory muscles.
Despite the monumental setback, Alexander went on to go to college, become a lawyer with a successful practice, and even become a published author.
Alexander would live more than 70 years in the iron lung."
Despite the monumental setback, Alexander went on to go to college, become a lawyer with a successful practice, and even become a published author.
Alexander would live more than 70 years in the iron lung."
Paul Alexander, ‘The Man in the Iron Lung,’ has died at 78
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SFC (Join to see) Alexander contracted polio during the worst years of the U.S. outbreak, a time when hospital wards held row after row of children lying in iron lungs — seven-foot-long cylinders that use negative pressure and bellows to draw air into their lungs. Rest in Peace...
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