This machine, known as the iron lung, became a fixture in hospitals through the mid-20th century.

这一装置，也就是俗称的 “铁肺”，成为了二十世纪中期医院中的常备装置。

What if he's in an iron lung or something?

如果他在用呼吸器或者其他什么呢？

In severe cases, polio can cause muscle paralysis and affect victim's ability to breathe the iron lung.

在严重的情况下，脊髓灰质炎会导致肌肉麻痹并影响受害者呼吸铁肺的能力。

I was in an iron lung for three months and in and out of the hospital for three years.

我在铁肺里待了三个月，进出医院三年。

In fact, experts thought of nursing homes as a halfway technology, like the iron lung before the polio vaccine.

事实上，专家们认为疗养院是一种半途而废的技术，就像脊髓灰质炎疫苗之前的铁肺一样。

And in 1928, what was known as the iron lung was used for the first time and it saved the life of a girl in Boston with polio.

1928 年，首次使用所谓的铁肺，挽救了波士顿一名患有小儿麻痹症的女孩的生命。