Source
Iron lung (Wikipedia)
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The English Wikipedia article on the iron lung, consulted for its history section describing the first clinical use of the Drinker respirator in 1928.
Facts
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung
Source TypeReference Work
Reliability Tier2
Sources
Iron lung (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHistory section, as consulted
The first clinical use of the Drinker respirator on a human was on October 12, 1928, at the Boston Children's Hospital in the US.
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Wikipedia
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Page address
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung
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