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Paul Alexander, the polio survivor who spent over 70 years in an Iron Lung, has died at 78 (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 28 points 6 months ago

He apparently did regain the ability to breathe a little bit and would leave the iron lung for short periods of time