READ MORE: Paul Alexander dead: 'Polio Paul' dies after living in 7ft iron lung for more than 70 years ... Thankfully, engineer Brady Richard caught the video and turned his hand to make ...

“She knew right away that I had polio,” recalled Paul Alexander ... In medical terms, Mr. Alexander was a bridge to an ...

The polio survivor known as "the man in the iron lung" has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, leaving him paralysed from the neck down. The disease ...

The polio survivor, Paul Alexander, lived inside an iron lung for 70 years. But what is an iron lung and how does it work. Video by Sanjana Bhambhani Travel reporter Nick Qwek visits Malaysian ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

Noted: Surgeon General says we need to focus on these 3 things to live better After 1955, when the first polio vaccine became licensed in the U.S., polio cases dwindled, and the need for the iron lung ...