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TRACHEOTOMY

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 116 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRACHEOTOMY  , the operation of opening the trachea or

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windpipe (see
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RESPIRATORY
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SYSTEM) and inserting a
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tube (canula) to provide a means of breathing when the natural
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air-passage is obstructed . The operation is by no means easy when performed on a small
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child, for the
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wind-
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pipe is deeply placed amongst important structures . The
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chief anxiety is in connexion with
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haemorrhage, for the vessels are large and generally overfull on
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account of the impairment of the respiration . The higher the opening is made in the trachea the easier and safer is the operation .

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