This film shows the mechanism of an artifical respirator (an iron lung); a female patient is shown being placed in the machine and then cared for by nurses (she is fed, groomed and given an enema). Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=b1675936~S3
it must have done something since the quads did live to
age 70 who had advanced polio cases.
The391956 5 months ago
but it did keep people alive didnt it ?
headbangers67 2 years ago
This mechanical respirator was proven inefficient later on........ I think in the 80's
Marmalade000000 2 years ago