![An iron lung looks like an enormous metal coffin or a 19th-century rocket ship: only its occupant's head is left outside, a tight seal around the neck. An iron lung looks like an enormous metal coffin or a 19th-century rocket ship: only its occupant's head is left outside, a tight seal around the neck.](http://img.enquoted.com/an-iron-lung-looks-like-an-enormous-metal-coffin-or-a-19th-century-ro.webp)
An iron lung looks like an enormous metal coffin or a 19th-century rocket ship: only its occupant's head is left outside, a tight seal around the neck.
19th century coffin
These are some quotes by American author Elizabeth McCracken Author, who was born in 1966.