First Trip to Mobile

After a brief interlude focusing on what I've been up to for the past month, this vlog covers my brief trip to Mobile for a medical school interview, and specifically what sights Lauren and I were able to enjoy before we had to head back to Birmingham.
For those of you interested in additional information on the iron lung, the iron lung generates negative pressure inside an air-tight compartment to pull air into the lungs when a patient's diaphragm is paralyzed. Most patients would then recover enough to breathe on their own after 4 to 6 weeks. Iron lungs were once a common sight in hospital wards, but they did not come cheap - in the 1930s, an iron lung typically cost between $1,500 and $2,000, about as much as a single family home.
The iron lung on display is an Emerson respirator, named after its American inventor, John Haven "Jack" Emerson. Emerson was the son of the New York City Health Commissioner who was responsible for quarantining families during the 1916 polio epidemic. His respirator was lighter, quieter, of simpler design and more reliable than the Drinker respirator, which had been first used clinically in 1928. (Text on the iron lung from a pamphlet at the Mobile Medical Museum.)
Music:
"Triumph" by Yung Logos
"Urban Lullaby" by Jimmy Fontanez/Doug Maxwell
"Walk In The Park Full" by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommon...)
Artist: audionautix.com/
"Workout" by Freedom Trail Studio

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8:24 That time lapse - gorgeous!!
Great vlog as always. :)

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Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

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Oooo dat my boi. Keep it up!
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