Portable 'Iron Lung' Perfected--This new portable "Iron Lung"--made of plastic--has been perfected for use by polio victims and others needing artificial respiration aid. It weighs less than 60 pounds compared with 600 to 2300 for the ones now in use, and permits the patient to sit or stand. Here Nurse Minnie Malek adjusts the breathing aid on "patient" Barbara Johanson.

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Title:
Portable 'Iron Lung' Perfected--This new portable "Iron Lung"--made of plastic--has been perfected for use by polio victims and others needing artificial respiration aid. It weighs less than 60 pounds compared with 600 to 2300 for the ones now in use, and permits the patient to sit or stand. Here Nurse Minnie Malek adjusts the breathing aid on "patient" Barbara Johanson.
Title (alt.):
Portable Iron Lung- Nurse Minnie Malek tries it on weighs less than 60 pounds, compared with 600to 2300 for other lungs in use.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Iron Lung: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. January 1946]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Iron lungs
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 278 x 208 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/697022408
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001316_0010
Barcode:
39999088103476