• Scot Med J · Aug 1997

    Historical Article

    Scotland's first iron lung.

    • I A Porter and M J Williams.
    • Regional Laboratory, City Hospital, Aberdeen.
    • Scot Med J. 1997 Aug 1;42(4):122-4.

    AbstractThe history of artificial ventilation and the development of the iron lung in the USA by Drinker and his colleagues is discussed. The building and use of an iron lung by Dr R G Henderson in Aberdeen in 1933 is described. The development of other types of ventilator in the UK is recorded and the circumstances whereby positive pressure ventilation was introduced in Denmark in 1952 is outlined.

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