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fix. And thofc Carneous Portions both of tlie 7r4- 
chea and Exterior parts, gradually joining and inter- 
mixing, became one folid Cicatrix from each end of 
the Wound almofl to the middle of the Wind-Pipe, 
where the Air continued in fome degree to have an 
Exit. 
About the Fifteenth Day I removed feveral pieces of 
Bones which had contradJed a Caries in the Carrie 
lage (which in this old Man as in many others was 
grown O{leous) and were thruft out by the New 
Flefli. 
He now Swallows with little trouble. Ears fufficiently, 
and nouriflies in Proportion. The Aperture about tlie 
Twenty ftxth Day was almofl: clos'd up, and in Four 
or Five Days more the fides of the Wound wene per- 
fedly join'd and Cicatriz'd, x.h^Trach'^a performing its 
part in Refpiration as at other times without any confi- 
derable inconvenience. 
He fpeaks indifferent well, but is forc't to take care 
in fvvallowing, the Rimula not being exadlly fhut as be- 
fore the Wound, which makes Liquor of any fort more 
apt to fall into the Canal, and fo cau(e a Cough, 
tloarfnefs, drc. He does not Swallow dry Meats as 
well as formerly, but in all other refpeds is as well as 
ever. 
This Cure was in this manner perform'd by me John 
Keen, of RochmQormd, in the Year 1696. as above. 
This fignal Hiflory affords Matter for much Obfer- 
vation ; but the only ufe I ihall at prefent make of it, 
is, that if, in a Perfon of this Age, ( above Sixty ;) 
if in a Wound whereby the Trachea was Cut through^ 
and feveral of the Cartilages beaten together ; the 
divided parts of the Trachea may be made to unite and 
grow 
