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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.
Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life ...
Peg: Main character and narrator of the story, diagnosed with polio. Karen: Peg's best friend at school; Tommy: Peg's hospital roommate at University Hospital, in an iron lung. Renee: Sheltering Arms roommate, who goes home for Christmas. Shirley: Sheltering Arms roommate, who has the worst polio and likes marshmallows.
The last man to live in an iron lung died in Dallas on Monday. Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952.
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.
Her older brother, Gaston Mason, died of polio three days before her own polio symptoms began. [2] She completed high school with daily visits from her teachers, and graduated first in her class with highest honors. Mason moved to Boiling Springs with her parents to enroll in Gardner-Webb College (now University), earning an associate degree at ...
She is wanted in Minneapolis, where there is a polio epidemic. After three years' work in Minneapolis, Sister Kenny dictates a letter to Dr. McDonnell. A national committee is about to report on her work in the U.S. She is about to lecture to orthopedic surgeons. The new book is out. She receives three honorary degrees.
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