Tales from Inside the Iron Lung (And How I Got Out of It) /

Regina Woods, just weeks before her fourteenth birthday contracted polio. Within a few days, she was paralyzed from the neck down, unable even to breathe by herself. What is most profound about this book is that--while it is an account of catastrophic loss--there is so much triumph in it.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Woods, Regina
Other Authors: Rogers, David E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Woods, Regina > Health.
Woods, Regina
Poliomyelits > Patients > Kentucky > Biography.
Iron lung.
Ventilators, Negative-Pressure
Respirateurs à pression négative.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Health
Iron lung
Kentucky
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Regina Woods, just weeks before her fourteenth birthday contracted polio. Within a few days, she was paralyzed from the neck down, unable even to breathe by herself. What is most profound about this book is that--while it is an account of catastrophic loss--there is so much triumph in it.
Physical Description:1 online resource : 13 illustrations
ISBN:9781512809329
1512809322

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