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Man Who's Lived Inside Iron Lung For 72 Years Shares His Incredible Life On TikTok

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Yahoo

Paul Alexander, Who Lived in an Iron Lung for 70 Years, Dies at 78 After Contracting COVID-19

A man known for living his life in an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio as a child has died. Paul Alexander, also known as “The Man in the Iron Lung,” died on Monday at the age of 78 ...
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Man who used an iron lung for decades after contracting polio dies at 78

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a ...
The Boston Globe

Like polio, the ‘iron lung’ grew obsolete after vaccines. Will it stay that way?

Tucked away in the basement of the Harvard Medical School library is a large capsule-like contraption on wheels that is both a relic of the past and, public health experts warn, a caution for the ...
Washington Times

Texas man who used an iron lung for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78

DALLAS — A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a law ...