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1st iron lung is invented

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Invented, 1928

First “iron lung” is devised by two doctors, Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw, Jr., at the School of Public Health.

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Harvard University School of Public Health.
677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Drinker iron lung respirator, by Siebe Gorman and Co. Ltd., London, 1930s.

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Diagram from Philip Drinker's patent for an artificial respirator.

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A page from Philip Drinker's and Louis Agrassiz Shaw's patent for an artificial respirator.

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