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Last U.S. polio patient with an iron lung dies at 78 in Oklahoma - NBC News

By The Associated Press

Last U.S. polio patient with an iron lung dies at 78 in Oklahoma - NBC News

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

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister sai… [+3585 chars]

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