Henry Cai Alexander Lassen
Books
- Breathing by Hand The Copenhagen Polio Epidemic and the Birth of Intensive Care · Liszt Think
In August 1952, Copenhagen’s Blegdam Hospital faced catastrophe as fifty paralyzed polio patients arrived daily with only one iron lung available.
- The Price of a LifeThe ledger lies open on Henry Cai Alexander Lassen’s desk, its pages still smelling of printer’s ink and committee anxiety. October 1952, six weeks since the first students pressed their thu…