IRON LUNG

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1937, Page 2

IRON LUNG

FN'CASED FOR 7 YEARS

CM K'AOO. su ptiunber 7. Destined to remain encased in his “iron lung” for seven years, Frederick M. Suite, .jun.. still smiles. Sixteen months ago, while living for pleasure from Shanghai to Peiping. Shiite developed infantile paralysis. He was placed i:i an “iron lung - ’ in the Union Medical College hospital at Peiping, and in it he has remained ever since. On June 23 began a perilous journey in the. artificial respirator, and Suite reached his. native Chicago i:i the middle of July. His lather, a wealthy Chicago smallloan linaneiei'. has spent £50.000 in an attempt' to save his son's life. Doctors doubt whether he will bo successful. "Diim liow’’ (Chinese for “Clear sail-

Jug”) was ,Suite’.s. greeting to au interviewer to-day. Smilingly, he recalled his journey from China. '-w ■ ‘The Chinese nurses called me Crazy y foreign devil’ he said. “1 am happy here ; hut how l look to Hie time when 1 can dance, swim, and pla.v golf again. “Then it will really he ‘Ding how. Suite is paralysed from the neck down. |-|is breathing niuscJes have failed nml- !;., ],as to be “breathed for” by his “iron lung.” Only his head protrudes. Radio dance music and baseball commentaries fascinate him. 'He bets on horse races. livery day he e a ts orange juice, eg vs, ) toast:, soup, chicken, vegetahes, milk, and. us !iui,h ■ if'MTeam and cake as F lie-ican persuade his nurses to give him.