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USA EISERNE LUNGE
Iron lung. Nurse with a male polio patient inside an Emerson respirator, or iron lung. The iron lung mechanically moves air in and out of the lungs when the patient is incapable of breathing for themselves. Devices such as these were used by polio patients whose ability to breath was paralysed due to the crippling viral disease. Photographed in Rhode Island, USA, in 1960. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/CDC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)
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License
Rights Managed
Date created
19600101
Place
USA VEREINIGTE STAATEN AMERIKA
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY SPL
Byline
CDC
Size
3375 x 2603 px
File type
JPEG