Iron Lung and Other Respirators
The iron lung is a mechanical respiratory device used to force air into and out of the lungs of a person unable to breathe for themselves. Invented in 1929 by Philip Dr...
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Iron Lung and Other Respirators
The iron lung is a mechanical respiratory device used to force air into and out of the lungs of a person unable to breathe for themselves. Invented in 1929 by Philip Dr...
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A Jackson woman who contracted polio 57 years ago and continues to rely on an iron lung to breathe recently celebrated her 60th birthday, defying doctors' expectations that she could live so long a...
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Sydney (dpa) - Australians celebrated the 75th anniversary of the
opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with their feet Sunday.
More than 200,000 were expected to wal...
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Edna Hipps HamrickGAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) _ Edna Hipps Hamrick, who founded the Hamrick's Inc. clothing store chain with her husband, has died. She was 89.Mary Martin died Monday, according to the Blake...
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They've got a blue Christmas with Elvis.But a merry one.Elvis Presley — dead since 1977 — is still pulling 'em in. At a city-owned museum in northeast Louisiana, he's the main attractio...
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