Martha Lillard, the last US polio patient using an iron lung, dies at 78

Name: Martha Lillard, the last US polio patient using an iron lung, dies at 78
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Description: Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

AP News — Jul 11, 04:42 AM — 53sec

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.

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