Word: tracheal
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...metal-and-plastic heart whirred and clicked in an eerie, mechanical rhythm as Dr. William DeVries, 40, removed the tracheal tube from his patient's throat. For the first time since his artificial heart had been implanted about 36 hours earlier, William Schroeder, 52, could breathe on his own and speak. "Can I get you something to drink?" the doctor asked. Replied Schroeder: "I'd like a beer." It was, DeVries admitted afterward, one of the high points of the tension-filled hours following his second successful attempt to implant an artificial heart...
...Washington, D.C., CBS Newscaster Walter Cronkite telephoned his physician, Dr. John G. Ball, was told, before he had even said there was anything wrong, that he was suffering from tracheal bronchitis. Explained Dr. Ball: "I've been watching you on TV for several nights now, and was wondering how soon you'd call...