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Rare Iron Lung Now on Display at Southern California Medical Museum

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            Contact: Alison Elsner, 909-273-6000 (W) June 18, 2018                                    760-413-5053 (C), aelsner@sbcms.org  (Inland Empire, CA.) – The Southern California Medical Museum is announcing the acquisition of a rare iron lung, now on display at the Museum, located in the Nursing Science Center on the campus of Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California. This remarkable piece of medical equipment was acquired through the generosity of the Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center in Downey, California. The cumbersome mechanical respirator reminds modern day Museum visitors about the ways ...