Polio Exhibit: Polio Image Archive: Respirators


Nurse caring for infant out of the tank respirator.

Sen. Phil Hart visits Andrea Cappaert (in iron lung) December 1954.

Preparing to transport patient in tank respirator.

Moving patient in tank respirator to another room.

Friends visit a child in a tank respirator.

Paul Bagwell visits Andrea Cappaert.

Patient wearing cuirass respirator, posing with family.

Respirator patient sitting in chair with arms in slings.

Doctors on patient rounds.

Photos courtesy of University of Michigan News and Information Services Records, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

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