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Alexander died in Dallas on March 11, 2024, at age 78. [ 1 ] [ 13 ] Although he had been hospitalized for COVID-19 in February, the actual cause of death was unclear. [ 14 ] [ 13 ] [ 15 ] He was one of the last two people still using the technology, alongside Martha Lillard , who first entered an iron lung in 1953.
Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to his brother Philip ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
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
His death sparked an upsurge of activism and resistance during the Civil Rights Movement. A bout with polio at age five had left him with a persistent stutter. [229] Paul Winchell: 1922–2005 Ventriloquist and inventor, whose work includes voicing Tigger. He caught polio, aged six, which affected his legs for a while. [230] Roger Youderian ...
The contemporary chronicler Froissart relates that the king of Navarre, known as "Charles the Bad", suffering from illness in old age, was ordered by his physician to be tightly sewn into a linen sheet soaked in distilled spirits. The highly flammable sheet accidentally caught fire, and he later died of his injuries.
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.
However, when the X-ray results in a routine medical check-up return normal, he and his primary care physician attribute the symptoms to aging and work overload. [2] Determined to finish the last months of his residency, he ignores whatever symptoms have not subsided. A few weeks later, the symptoms come back, stronger than before.