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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.
Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952. Despite the challenges, Alexander still managed to make significant strides in ...
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.
Paul Alexander, of Dallas, Texas, was paralysed by polio in 1952 and spent the rest of his life living in an iron lung Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies after living in tank for 70 years
Martha Ann Lillard [1] (born June 8, 1948) is an American polio survivor who lives in an iron lung.After Paul Alexander's death, she became the last known person to still live in an iron lung.
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 ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
Decompression Illness (DCI) comprises two different conditions caused by rapid decompression of the body. These conditions present similar symptoms and require the same initial first aid. These conditions present similar symptoms and require the same initial first aid.