SA inventor of portable iron-lung dies |
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| Title : | SA inventor of portable iron-lung dies |
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| Source : | Advertiser, 24 November 1987, p. 15 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1987 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
During a polio epidemic in Adelaide in 1937, brothers Edward and Donald Both developed a lightweight version of the 'iron lung' to assist polio sufferers with their breathing. The brothers' portable plywood style respirator allowed sufferers to be treated at home rather than having to be confined to hospital. |
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| Related names : | Both, Donald Both, Edward |
| Coverage year : | 1987 |
| Further reading : | Medical Research Council (Great Britain). Respirators (Poliomyelitis) Committee. "Breathing machines" and their use in treatment: report of the Respirators (Poliomyelitis) Committee, London: HMSO, 1939 |
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