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Harvard senior Hoyt used Drinker respirator to breathe again
The 22 year old Harvard senior and hockey team manager Hoyt suffered infantile paralysis with intercostal failure. Doctors used the Drinker apparatus at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, enabling breathing during a prolonged respiratory crisis and ultimately allowing recovery and discharge after three months.
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Arrett Hoyt
Harvard
Hoyt
Young Hoyt
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
W. L. Aycock
Aycock
Drinker
Philip Drinker
Rinker
Hoyts
Earth
Mohammed
New York
Consolidated Gas Company
Boston
U.S
Harvard School of Public Health
Princeton