NEW YORK - A U.S. woman spent 61 years living in a steel tube to survive after poliomyelitis caused her to paralyse.
Martha Mason, lying in a tube called the iron lung that serves as a kind of ventilation to increase and decrease air pressure to expand and shrink her lung because of her muscles are very weak . Martha is lying in iron cylinder measuring 2 meters long and weighing 362 kilograms , enveloping his body except the head.
Martha was paralysed at the age of 11 after suffering from polio shortly after the disease killed her brother, Gaston .
After her brother was buried , Martha realized that she was also suffering from the same symptoms , but do not hide her concern from her parents .
In his book ' Breathing : Living In Rhythm Iron Lung , " Martha wrote : " I knew I had polio .
I do not want others to know about it. " When I was a kid I've heard mother talked to her friend about the iron lung used by Gaston. " I know I will not face any difficulty because my lungs are healthy . " In a video recorded before her death in 2009 , Martha said: "I often think how my parents feel when I get sick - they also loosed their only son .
" Other people and I think my parents will live longer than me . Doctors said I would only live a year , but to this day I'm still alive . Thanks to the iron lung . " Those who wrote about her life story , said Martha spirit and desire to lead an ordinary life is the key live a long life .
Despite the difficult circumstances , Martha was born in 1937 and lived in Lattimore , North Carolina and managed to finish high school with the best results , while also hosting a dinner party in her condition.
In the video Martha said: " Living like this has become normal for me I never even thought about it. " " This machine works from my eardrums like a big air bag . There are other methods of ventilation , but I choose not to use them.
Martha Mason, lying in a tube called the iron lung that serves as a kind of ventilation to increase and decrease air pressure to expand and shrink her lung because of her muscles are very weak . Martha is lying in iron cylinder measuring 2 meters long and weighing 362 kilograms , enveloping his body except the head.
Martha was paralysed at the age of 11 after suffering from polio shortly after the disease killed her brother, Gaston .
After her brother was buried , Martha realized that she was also suffering from the same symptoms , but do not hide her concern from her parents .
In his book ' Breathing : Living In Rhythm Iron Lung , " Martha wrote : " I knew I had polio .
I do not want others to know about it. " When I was a kid I've heard mother talked to her friend about the iron lung used by Gaston. " I know I will not face any difficulty because my lungs are healthy . " In a video recorded before her death in 2009 , Martha said: "I often think how my parents feel when I get sick - they also loosed their only son .
" Other people and I think my parents will live longer than me . Doctors said I would only live a year , but to this day I'm still alive . Thanks to the iron lung . " Those who wrote about her life story , said Martha spirit and desire to lead an ordinary life is the key live a long life .
Despite the difficult circumstances , Martha was born in 1937 and lived in Lattimore , North Carolina and managed to finish high school with the best results , while also hosting a dinner party in her condition.
In the video Martha said: " Living like this has become normal for me I never even thought about it. " " This machine works from my eardrums like a big air bag . There are other methods of ventilation , but I choose not to use them.
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