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Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
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Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Lillard, of Oklahoma, contracted polio when she was five and slept inside cylindrical metal device to help her breathe The last known US person living with polio and relying on an iron lung...
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.
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