The man in the iron lung lived life to the fullest

Paul Alexander, the polio （小兒麻痹症） survivor known as “the man in the iron lung”, has died at the age of 78. In the summer of 1952, when he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio. The disease left himparalysed （癱瘓） from the neck down. It also left him unable to breathe independently （獨立地）. His doctors placed him inside a large metal cylinder （圓筒）, also known as ...Read More