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Nov 30, 2013 · Martha Ann Lillard, now 65, has spent most of the past six decades inside an 800-pound machine that helps her breathe. News this month that at least 13 children have been paralyzed by a...
Dec 1, 2023 · ( A Synopsis) “Martha Lillard inside her iron lung, which has been modified by mechanics over the years.” Photo: Jennings Brown for Gizmodo. “Martha Lillard spends half of every day with her body encapsulated in a half-century old machine that forces her to breathe. Only her head sticks out of the end of the antique iron lung.
On June 8, 1953, Martha Lillard celebrated her fifth birthday with a party at an amusement park in Oklahoma. A little over a week later, she woke up with a sore throat and a pain in her neck. Her...
Martha Lillard had just turned 5 years old when polio incapacitated her. She still uses a form of the ventilator that saved her life as a child — though now ... All Things Considered on NPR One |...
Oct 25, 2021 · On June 8, 1953, Martha Lillard celebrated her fifth birthday with a party at an amusement park in Oklahoma. A little over a week later, she woke up with a sore throat and a pain in her neck. Her...
Nov 20, 2017 · Martha Lillard spends half of every day with her body encapsulated in a half-century old machine that forces her to breathe. Only her head sticks out of the end of the antique iron lung. On the...
Martha Lillard, age 69, contracted polio in 1953 when she was five years old. Today, she sleeps inside the machine every night. “I would just do anything to prevent somebody from having to go...
