Paul Alexander is given a shave while inside an iron lung in his home in Dallas, Texas. Photograph: Allison Smith/The Guardian When he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio and was paralysed for ...

Glenn Pueppke, an Erie, N.D., farmer, has had his share of grief. He wrote Neighbors about it after seeing this column asking if anyone could identify with the iron lung machine. Here's his story: ...

(Gray News) – Paul Alexander, one of the last people who lived inside an iron lung, has died, according to reports. He was 78 years old. Paul Alexander contracted polio when he was 6 years old in 1952 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Friday, April 27, 2018, photo, attorney Paul Alexander chats with caregiver and friend Kathryn Gaines as he drinks coffee ...

DALLAS — The family of Paul Alexander, the longest living iron lung patient in history, is hoping the machine that helped Paul can be salvaged for another purpose. Alexander, 78, died last week after ...

Developed during the 1920s, the iron lung was invented to help individuals with polio breathe after their torso and abdominal muscles ceased to work. Improvements to the iron lung were made throughout ...

Paul Alexander spent a lifetime encased in the iron lung. (Image: gofundme.com/f/IronLungsPaul) Paul Alexander, famously known as "the man with the iron lung," died ...