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An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.
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Iron lung
Negative-pressure mechanically functioning respirator
An iron lung is a type of negative pressure ventilator, a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body and varies the air pressure in the enclosed space to stimulate breathing. It assists breathing when muscle control is lost, or the work of breathing exceeds the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boston Children's Hospital
Hospital in Massachusetts, U.S.
Boston Children's Hospital is the main pediatric training and research hospital of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located at the centre of Harvard Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)