Hospital staff are examining a patient in ?
Hospital staff are examining a patient in a tank respirator, iron lung, during a Rhode Island polio epidemic. The iron lung encased the thoracic cavity externally in an air-tight chamber. The chamber was used to create a negative pressure around the thora
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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Cavity Create Encased Epidemic Externally Lung Polio Pressure Respirator Rhode Thora Thoracic Tight
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