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Paul Alexander: The Man Who Survived 70 Years in an Iron Lung

Among them was six-year-old Paul Alexander, who later spent more than 70 years in an iron lung, the longest known survival in ...
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Meet Paul Alexander: Longest-known polio survivor who lived in an iron lung for 70 years

Paul Alexander developed polio at the age of six, which made him largely dependent on an iron lung. Despite spending seven ...
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Man who lived in an iron lung for over 70 years has died

Paul Alexander, "The Man in the Iron Lung" and Dallas resident, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month. He was 78 years old. Alexander lived inside an iron lung for more than 70 ...

A six-year-old entered an iron lung after polio. More than 70 years later, he had become the world’s longest-known survivor

For many people, the iron lung belongs to history books, a symbol of the years when polio swept through communities before ...