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D10744-1
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- 1941-01-21 (Creation)
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The Tacoma District Council, Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union (AFL), made up of 13 local unions, presented two modern iron lungs to the Pierce County Hospital on January 21, 1941. The lungs were needed to help patients struck down by infantile paralysis, polio. The iron lungs take over the breathing duties for the incapacitated patients. Each machine cost $2,000, money which was raised by a $1 donation from each union member. Pictured left to right are Guy Melton, Dr. Burton Brown, Philip Garland, Earl Hartley, John H. Binns, Dr. Norman E. Magnussen and Mrs. Genevieve Houston. The names of the patients in the lung machines are given in the Tacoma Times. (T. Times 1/22/1941, pg. 12)
Iron lungs; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Poliomyelitis--Tacoma--1940-1950;