Iron Lung Ventilator Demonstration

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Title

Iron Lung Ventilator Demonstration

Subject

Iron lung
Horner, Henry, 1878-1940
Respirators (Medical equipment)
Illinois State Fair
Governors

Description

A State Fair crowd gathers around an Iron Lung ventilator, or "negative pressure ventilator," a medical device used to assist patients breathing. On verso: State Fair Exhibit Dept. of Public Welfare 1939.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1939-XX-XX

Format

jpg

Language

en

Identifier

400423
Henry Horner Collection

Original Format

commercial print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

21 x 26 cm