‘Iron lung’ as metaphor
Negative pressure ventilators (NPVs) were used from the 1930s to keep patients with chest paralysis alive and they remained in use during the first half of the twentieth century. At the time paralysis was most commonly associated with poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis). The most frequently used ven...
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| Language: | English |
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Science Museum, London
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Science Museum Group Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/browse/issue-15/iron-lung-as-metaphor/ |