The Public Health Interventions for Polio Were Restrictive, and So Were the Iron Lungs | History of Vaccines
The Man in an Iron Lung (A Polio Survivor's Story) | college, dormitory | Paul survived polio in the 1950's and has used an iron lung to breathe ever since. He would
![Iron lung (c. 1933) used to "breathe" for polio patients until 1955 when polio vaccine became available is located in the Mobile Medical Museum, Mobile, Alabama | Library of Congress Iron lung (c. 1933) used to "breathe" for polio patients until 1955 when polio vaccine became available is located in the Mobile Medical Museum, Mobile, Alabama | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:pnp:highsm:05200:05216/full/pct:50/0/default.jpg)