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Iron Lung Room
Nurses at Children's Hospital tending young Polio patients lying on 4 beds w. their bodies contained inside iron lung room w. rising & falling air pressure causing their lungs to compress & expand, which was developed by Philip Drinker, at children's hospital.
Location:Boston, MA, US
Date taken:October 1938
Photographer:Hansel Mieth
Size:921 x 1280 pixels (12.8 x 17.8 inches)

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