She was a medical pioneer

Lee Palmer stands by the hyperbaric chamber in this photo published in The Democrat in 1992, when Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Service moved near Bartow Memorial Hospital. The pressurized chamber was large enough to hold six people. Patients could be treated with 100 percent oxygen through a face mask in a simulated undersea pressure.

By PEGGY KEHOE

pkehoe@polkcountydemocrat.com

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Lee Palmer was a medical pioneer, bringing hyperbaric oxygen treatments, and new applications for them, to Bartow back in 1984.

She died Aug. 24, 2012, at 68, after battling multiple sclerosis for more than 30 years.

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