He declared he was prepared to manufacture any number and, after the demand had been satisfied, stocks would be kept at Cowley in case of need.
Although the average time for a person to occupy a "lung" was ten to fourteen days, nine months might be the period needed for a patient's recovery, said the philanthropist.
"It seems to me a dreadful state of affairs," declared Lord Nufield,' when' children suffering from me cantile paralysis might be saved and, in a large percentage of cases, cured, whereas, without this machine, they must die."
He explained that, as infantile paralysis was most prevalent in warm weather, he intended to supply big cities first, and in the first three months of 1940 nearly 1,000 lungs would be ready for distribution in preparation for the summer.
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