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Critical care physician Hannah Wunsch speaks about her book The Autumn Ghost, which tells the story of a polio epidemic in Copenhagen in the 1950s,...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:03
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Julia Scott says "participant observation" is a valuable reporting tool, even if it means climbing into an "iron lung" which looks like something o...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 13:25
Caption: Martha Lillard, 65, uses her iron lung to breathe at night., Credit: Julia Scott
Sixty years after polio was eradicated in America, a dozen survivors still rely on their iron lungs to breathe. Come inside the machine Martha Lill...

Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KOSU, Hark! and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 14