EAST GRAND FORKS – For Sidney Berard, 94, the iron lung displayed during the recent Heritage Days in East Grand Forks ignited vivid memories from more than 70 years ago ... Some patients would sleep in the iron lung only at night, Blilie explained.
This week in 1927, the first iron lung (electric respirator) was installed at Bellevue hospital in New York to address the polio epidemic ... The iron lung is a ... is believed to still use an iron lung.