Louis Agassiz Shaw Jr.

This article is about the physician and inventior of the iron lung. For his cousin the socialite, see Louis Agassiz Shaw II.
Louis Agassiz Shaw Jr.
Born(1886-09-25)September 25, 1886
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 27, 1940(1940-08-27) (aged 53)[1]
Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation(s)Physician, scientist, inventor
Known forCo-inventor of the iron lung[2][3][4][5]
SpouseJoanne Bird
Children2
RelativesQuincy Adams Shaw (grandfather)

Louis Agassiz Shaw Jr. (September 25, 1886 – August 27, 1940) was an instructor of physiology at the School of Public Health of Harvard University, where he is credited in 1928 along with Philip Drinker for inventing the Drinker respirator, the first widely used iron lung.

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