I've always been grateful to have been born at the end of the year that the vaccine had been developed. My mom who raised me alone was a Pediatrics Physical Therapist in a children's hospital. Due to "daycare" being unheard of in the 1950s and 1960s, I spent lots of time after Kindergarten and a couple of years in grade school in the PT Dept, hiding out from the hospital administrator. Many children affected by Polio were there frequently having their withered limbs moved manually by others so that they wouldn't become immovable. They were also fitted and refitted with "braces" for years, until the people making the decisions realized it wasn't doing anything for them, and to the great relief of many children and their parents and Therapists the "braces" disappeared. I'll never forget those children. I've always wondered about the poor people in the Iron Lung machines, and how they could cope with living that way, without ending up losing their minds. Thank you for the beautiful video..
What a beautiful spirit! Loved Adolph’s comment that he learned while in the iron lung that there is more to life than just a body. We are not primarily a body housing a mind. We are first and foremost a spirit which inhabits, at times, a body with a mind of its own. I learned this too inside an iron lung. As a nurse, this knowledge helped me understand patients better. Many thanks to Adolf for sharing his journey.
4:10 I really needed this due to an extremely “hopeless” family situation. By the way, the Axman Surplus Store on University Avenue in St. Paul Minnesota has had a NFS vintage iron lung on its sales floor for decades. I never miss the opportunity to silently acknowledge the device, if not stop a few moments and marvel thankfully for what humans have invented and utilized to not only live but strive and even thrive!! My sincere appreciation for this first hand account and to the spirit of the man who deeply inspires thusly!!
I am so sad we have lost you now in 2024. You lived a remarkable life Adolf. You are honoured in my memory. I learned about this video from a dear friend of yours. I am glad to have seen this and to have heard of you from said friend. All blessings be yours in your new adventure on the other side of the veil. ♥🐘🙏
My brother was in one of these machines he got polio at the age of four he lived away from home to be in the iron lung he returned home at sixteen so my heart goes out to this gentleman as it must have been an horrible experience ❤❤❤
Je me souviens dans les années 1964 environ j avais 10 ans et nous avions très peur de la polio c était 1 sujet qui inquiétais beaucoup de parents. Quand ma fille est née en 1985 plus personne ne parlait de cela. Merci au vaccin et au chercheur et personnel médical!
