Philip Drinker

Philip Drinker
BornDecember 12, 1894
Haverford, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 19, 1972(1972-10-19) (aged 77)
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Engineering career
ProjectsIron lung

Philip Drinker (December 12, 1894 – October 19, 1972) was an American industrial hygienist. With Louis Agassiz Shaw, he invented the first widely used iron lung in 1928.

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