Iron lungs and people who still use them

[Macvan]

I was surfing around YouTube and I came across a few videos of Polio victims who had used iron lungs since the fifties... I had no idea that any of these are still in uses.....it was amazing and the people stories were amazing...it worth typing in on you tube... iron lungs and Polio victims....

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

My friend's dad got polio in the 1940s, prior to the Saulk vaccine, and it damaged his leg muscles.
He's used a brace and/or walked with a limp ever since. He's in his mid-90's now.

 

[MacTavish]

I thought those medical devices had all been retired to the scrap pile.

 

[Bonecollector]

 

[bulletpaluza]

This thread is useless without video or pics.

 

[Bonecollector]

 

[mcdougmd]

I remember the 1950s and the kids that had polio. A living hell for those folks. Very few lived to an old age or even middle age. Knew several people that were afflicted by it.

 

[gh1950]

Anyone who lived through the 50s and 60s and doesn't believe in mandatory vaccination is just ignoring reality.

Polio was (and is in some part of the world) a terrible disease that can be prevented by swallowing a sugar cube. I got the sugar cube and the injection - still have the scar on my arm, which dates you.

Back in the day, you didn't have the choice to be a whiner about what a special little cupcake you were. They took your class to the gym, lined you up, and gave you a shot or a sugar cube. They didn't ask you if you wanted to. I'm not even sure they asked your parents.

 

[mcdougmd]

Anyone who lived through the 50s and 60s and doesn't believe in mandatory vaccination is just ignoring reality.

Polio was (and is in some part of the world) a terrible disease that can be prevented by swallowing a sugar cube. I got the sugar cube and the injection - still have the scar on my arm, which dates you.

Back in the day, you didn't have the choice to be a whiner about what a special little cupcake you were. They took your class to the gym, lined you up, and gave you a shot or a sugar cube. They didn't ask you if you wanted to. I'm not even sure they asked your parents.

The county health dept had vaccination weekend at the local schools. I remember my whole family standing in line for a long time to get the sugar cubes. I too took the shot. It was too late for a lot of folks that came down with it and didn't make it. Other made it and died early or wound up in wheelchairs.

 

[Redneck1919]

I clearly remember getting the vaccination shot, but I believe it was for smallpox. Still have the scar.
Got the sugar cube also.