HEALTHJul 12 · 18:37 UTCGUARDIAN USMarina Dunbar

Martha Lillard, last known US polio survivor using iron lung, dies aged 78

Martha Lillard, the last known US polio survivor using an iron lung, died at 78 in Oklahoma. She contracted polio at age five and relied on the machine to breathe.

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