iron lung: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified title of Web site: Science Museum - The Iron Lung. Oct 22, 2026
Add new Web site: Clemson University Open Textbooks - Science Technology and Society a Student Led Exploration - The Iron Lung. Jan 16, 2026
Add new Web site: Science Museum - The Iron Lung. Dec 06, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - John Haven Emerson (1906–1997) : The Ultimate Pioneer of the “Iron Lung”. Oct 24, 2025
Article revised. Aug 29, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still rely on an iron lung to breathe. Mar 26, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Effect of assist negative pressure ventilation by microprocessor based iron lung on breathing effort (PDF). Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The iron lung: A device for the continuous delivery of fine particulate matter (PDF). Dec 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Science, Technology, and Society: A Student-Led Exploration - The Iron Lung. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC - How the iron lung paved the way for the modern-day intensive care unit. Sep 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Science Museum Group Journal - ‘Iron lung’ as metaphor. Jul 23, 2024
Media added. May 01, 2024
New article added. May 01, 2024
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