Polio Exhibit: Polio Image Archive: Respirators


nurs
Nurse caring for infant out of the tank respirator.
staff
Sen. Phil Hart visits Andrea Cappaert (in iron lung) December 1954.
Preparing to transport patient in tank respirator
Preparing to transport patient
in tank respirator

Moving patient in tank respirator to another room
Moving patient in tank respirator to another room.

Friends visit a child in a tank respirator
Friends visit a child in a tank
respirator.
Paul Bagwell visits Andrea Cappaert
Paul Bagwell visits Andrea
Cappaert.

Patient wearing cuirass respirator, posing with family
Patient wearing cuirass
respirator, posing with family.


Respirator patient sitting in
chair with arms in slings.


Doctors on patient rounds
Doctors on patient rounds.

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