Went to check if he ever had any erm, "effects", but this is even wilder: > "In 1940, at the age of 51, Midgley contracted polio and was left severely disabled

Went to check if he ever had any erm, "effects", but this is even wilder: > "In 1940, at the age of 51, Midgley contracted polio and was left severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to lift himself out of bed. On November 2, 1944, at the age of 55, he was found dead at his home in Worthington, Ohio. He had been killed by his own device after he became entangled in it and died of strangulation"