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Anesthetist, Rochester, Minn.
Abstract
INTRATRACHEAL INSUFFLATION is the name given by Meltzer and Auer to a method by means of which a mixture of air and ether is driven deep into the large bronchi. The mixture is propelled by external pressure through a tube that is introduced into the trachea; the tube reaches the trachea through the larynx rather than through a tracheotomy opening. At The Mayo Clinic the scope of the method has been widened to include the use of nitrous oxid, ethylene, carbon dioxid and oxygen delivered through a tube introduced into the larynx either by way of the mouth or the nose.
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