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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dead at 78 in Oklahoma

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Adam Silverstein
Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dead at 78 in Oklahoma
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Martha Lillard, the last American polio patient to rely on an iron lung, has passed away at age 78. She contracted the virus in 1953 and became a symbol of the long-term impact of the polio epidemic.

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