Rocking bed

Rocking bed
An example of a rocking bed
IndustryMedical
ApplicationTreatment of polio
Inventor
Invented
  • 1931
  • 1944 (for polio)

The rocking bed was used for artificial respiration in the treatment of poliomyelitis as an alternative to the iron lung.

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