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A man lies inside an early respirator machine.
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Title: Iron Lung
From: Paralysis And Profits
Original caption: Should a Life-Saving Device be Patentable?
Creator: n/a
Date: June 1933
Format: Photograph
Publication: The Polio Chronicle
Source: Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation Archives
Location: p.1
Keywords: Advocacy; Assistive Technology; Diagnoses & Diseases; Health & Medicine; Media; Medicine & Science; Physical Disability; Technology & Equipment
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Science, Health & Technology; Social Movements & Advocacy
Funding Support Provided By: NEC Foundation of America


Objects From This Artifact:
- Iron Lung (still)
- Law Vs. Life (doc)
- Paralysis And Profits (doc)
- Two Respirators (still)