Which two names are linked to the development of the iron lung, which was extensively used to treat the polio epidemic in the 1950s?
a. Allison and Smyth
b. Drinker and Emerson
c. Drager and Bennett
d. Byrd and Tyler
ANS: B
The iron lung was developed by Drinker, an engineer at Harvard University. Jack H. Emerson developed a commercial version of the iron lung that was used extensively during the polio epi-demics of the 1930s and 1950s.
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