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Rocking bed for respiration, Warwick, England, 1973
Patients with breathing difficulties were treated using this rocking bed. It was invented by Dr Jessie Wright (1900-70) in the mid-1940s. He was an English doctor living in the US. The first rocking beds were used by patients who had experienced polio, which can paralyse the chest muscles. This leaves the patient unable to breath for themselves. This example was made by the Cape Engineering Co. Lt…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- polio
- respirator
- respiratory disease
- Poliomyelitis
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- polio
- respirator
- respiratory disease
- Poliomyelitis
Providing institution
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- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0066210
Identifier
- L0066210
- Science Museum 1989-1197
- kg3qtyk6
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:54:10.797Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:54:10.797Z