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  2. Paul Alexander (polio survivor) - Wikipedia

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    Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and author. He contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six and spent the vast majority of his life in an iron lung for more than 70 years.

  3. Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies after living in ...

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    Paul Alexander, of Dallas, Texas, was paralysed by polio in 1952 and spent the rest of his life living in an iron lung ... flat and about a foot long with a pen attached, which he used to write ...

  4. The extraordinary life of man in iron lung who practiced as a ...

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    Six-year-old Paul Alexander was enjoying playing outside with his brother when he started to feel unwell, with a pounding headache, aching neck and rapidly developing fever.

  5. Texas man who lived seven decades in iron lung dies at age 78

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    A paralyzed Texas man who lived 70 years inside an iron lung after he survived polio as a child has died, his family said. Paul Alexander, 78, died on Monday, his brother Philip said in a post on ...

  6. List of eponymous diseases - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...

  7. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Paul Robert Bing: neurology: pyramidal tract lesions: extension of the great toe on pricking the dorsum of the foot with a pin Biot's respiration: Camille Biot: neurology: brain stem herniation: quick shallow respirations followed by period of apnea Bitot's spots: Pierre Bitôt: ophthalmology: vitamin A deficiency: spots of keratin deposition ...

  8. Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years ...

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    Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and family said.

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