TRACHEOTOMY  , the operation of opening the trachea or See also:

• WINDPIPE

windpipe (see See also:

• RESPIRATORY

RESPIRATORY See also:

• SYSTEM

SYSTEM) and inserting a See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube (canula) to provide a means of breathing when the natural See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-passage is obstructed . The operation is by no means easy when performed on a small See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, for the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind-See also:

• PIPE

pipe is deeply placed amongst important structures . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief anxiety is in connexion with See also:

• HAEMORRHAGE (Gr. atµa, blood, and prryvvvac, to burst)

haemorrhage, for the vessels are large and generally overfull on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the impairment of the respiration . The higher the opening is made in the trachea the easier and safer is the operation .