The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

The iron lung was an invention that helped keep thousands of sufferers alive, by breathing for those who had lost the ability through the degenerative effects of the disease. A small handful of ...

The polio survivor, Paul Alexander, lived inside an iron lung for 70 years. But what is an iron lung and how does it work. Video by Sanjana Bhambhani A weekly summary of the big stories from ...

It follows last year’s exhibition of the pair’s oeuvre at Tin Man Art Gallery in London ... with the band on their 1994 ‘My Iron Lung’ EP. He met Radiohead lead singer Yorke at university ...