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From the linked Gizmodo article (https://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-iron-lungs-1819079169 https://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-iron-lungs-1819079169): > When L
by simonbyrne 9y ago
From the linked Gizmodo article (https://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-iron-lungs-1819079169 https://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-iron-lungs-1819079169):
> When Lillard is outside of the tank, she can breathe using a positive-pressure ventilator, a smaller device that pushes air into her lungs. But that instrument doesn’t provide the same relief as when she puts her entire body into the 640-pound, 7-and-a-half-foot-long apparatus. Plus forcing air into the lungs can cause inflammation or damage the air sacs.