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Nurse with patient in J.H. Emerson iron lung. Acc 218863-9: Nurse with patient in J.H. Emerson iron lung.

Nurse and corpsaman with patient in J.H. Emerson iron lung. Acc. 218863-17B: Nurse and corpsman with patient in J.H. Emerson iron lung.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127A: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127B: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127C: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127D: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127E: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127F: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127G: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Iron lung equipment used on plane. MAMAS Box 12, G45-127H: Iron lung equipment used on plane.

Polio patient in therapy. NCP 2746: Polio patient in therapy.

Polio patient in brace. NCP 2747: Polio patient in brace.

Emerson Respirator (i.e. Iron Lung) in Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit Michigan, due to polio, views the photographer in the machine's mirror, ca 1955. NCP 3431: Newspaper clippings on Polio Vaccine.

Emerson Respirator (i.e. Iron Lung) in Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit Michigan, due to polio, views the photographer in the machine's mirror, ca 1955. NCP 3631

Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, view of end. NCP 3681: Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, view of end.

Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, side view. NCP 3682: Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, side view.

Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, side view. NCP 3683: Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, side view.

Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, side view. NCP 3684: Model SC iron lung, J.H. Emerson Co., CA 1950-1974, side view.

Polio patient in therapy. NCP 4145: Emerson Respirator (i.e. Iron Lung) in Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit Michigan, due to polio, views the photographer in the machine's mirror, ca 1955.

Woman with splints on her fingers, possibly from polio, attended by a nurse a Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, September 29, 1955. NCP 4146: Woman with splints on her fingers, possibly from polio, attended by a nurse a Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, September 29, 1955.

Boy, in an Iron Lung, is attended by a nurse at Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. NCP 4147-1: Boy, in an Iron Lung, is attended by a nurse at Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

Infant tied to a hospital bed marked 'purchased by the March of Dimes' at Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1955. NCP 4148-2: Infant tied to a hospital bed marked 'purchased by the March of Dimes' at Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1955.

Patients in a row of iron marked 'purchased by the March of Dimes' at Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1955. NCP 4149-3: Patients in a row of iron marked 'purchased by the March of Dimes' at Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1955.