Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story

Dr. Benjamin Rush

On this episode of Our American Stories, Daryn Glassbrook of the Mobile Medical Museum tells the story of the iron lung, a device used to keep people with advanced polio alive in the first half of the 20th century. New York Times bestselling author, Harlow Giles Unger, of twenty-eight books including Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation tells us how Dr. Benjamin Rush became known as the Father of Psychiatry, the Army Medical Corps, Veterinary Care, and biblically-taught Public Schools.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story

13:00 - Benjamin Rush, Founding Father and Father of American Psychiatry 

On this episode of Our American Stories, Daryn Glassbrook of the Mobile Medical Museum tells the story of the iron lung, a device used to keep people with advanced polio alive in the first half of the 20th century. New York Times bestselling author, Harlow Giles Unger, of twenty-eight books including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Benjamin-Rush-Founding-Wounded/dp/0306824329" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Benjamin-Rush-Founding-Wounded/dp/0306824329" data-link="https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Benjamin-Rush-Founding-Wounded/dp/0306824329">Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation</a> tells us how Dr. Benjamin Rush became known as the Father of Psychiatry, the Army Medical Corps, Veterinary Care, and biblically-taught Public Schools.
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Time Codes:
00:00 - Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story
13:00 - Benjamin&nbsp;Rush, Founding Father&nbsp;and&nbsp;Father of American Psychiatry&nbsp;

Our American Stories tells stories that aren’t being told. Positive stories about generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love. Stories about the past and present. And stories about ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things each and every day. Stories from our listeners about their lives. And their history. In that pursuit, we hope we’ll be a place where listeners can refresh their spirit, and be inspired by our stories.

Our American Stories

Our American Stories tells stories that aren’t being told. Positive stories about generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love. Stories about the past and present. And stories about ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things each and every day. Stories from our listeners about their lives. And their history. In that pursuit, we hope we’ll be a place where listeners can refresh their spirit and be inspired by our stories.

Our American Stories tells stories that aren&rsquo;t being told. Positive stories about generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love. Stories about the past and present. And stories about ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things each and every day. Stories from our listeners about their lives. And their history. In that pursuit, we hope we&rsquo;ll be a place where listeners can refresh their spirit and be inspired by our stories.

EP276: Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story and Benjamin Rush, Founding Father and Father of American Psychiatry

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