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A question for the older members , was the Iron Lung which I believe was used for Polio used for any other kind of illnesses ?
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There are web references to it being used for other conditions. e.g. botulism:
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// The use of iron lungs is largely obsolete in modern medicine, as more modern breathing therapies have been developed//
I have never seen one - - - they werent that good - inhalation of saliva was a problem ( and cause of death)- standard ventilation - which was used in the fifties as well had just about taken over
I have never seen one - - - they werent that good - inhalation of saliva was a problem ( and cause of death)- standard ventilation - which was used in the fifties as well had just about taken over
Thank you for all your answers. From what has been said it seems to be only breathing problems. I asked as I have a memory from a young age 6 or 7 of being in a lung machine but makes no sense to me. I remember breaking my leg at that age falling off a wood pile at my Grans farm in Germany and I was transferred to London Army Hospital by small plane which a engine went on fire by the way ! Anyway I spent 6 months in hospital getting leg fixed apparently I had a large hole in my thigh bone and was only told over the years it was cancer. Later I decided it was Osteomyelitis. Both my parents are now dead so cannot quiz them but this memory of a Iron lung keeps coming back , but I can only assume it is a false memory or maybe a X ray machine , did not like it anyway . Thank you again for your answers.
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