Iron Lung
name: label: maker
content: J. H. Emerson Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Edward V. Roberts (1939-1995), who contracted polio at age 14 and was paralyzed from neck down, was given this iron lung in 1955. An inscription reads "J. H. Emerson Co. / Iron Lung / Rebuilt by Lifecare."
label: Description
content: Ref: “Edward V. Roberts, 56, Champion of the Disabled,” New York Times (March 16, 1995), p. B13.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Polio
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Zona L. Roberts in memory of Ed Roberts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0339.01
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0339.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0339
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron lung
label: Object Name
content: respirator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 ft x 3 ft x 8 ft; 1.524 m x .9144 m x 2.4384 m