DALLAS -- Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to ...

Aug. 16—EAST GRAND FORKS — For Sidney Berard, 94, the iron lung displayed during the recent Heritage Days in East Grand Forks ignited vivid memories from more than 70 years ago. Berard was among a ...

The tank respirator or “iron lung” was a medical device used to help patients with respiratory problems—specifically to help polio patients breathe when the virus reached the stage that muscles in the ...

The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung. On her rounds, Sister Julienne visits a pregnant woman living in an abandoned warehouse with visible bruises who refuses an ...