BMJ  2006;332:1454 (17 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454-c

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Separating pipework for swallowing and breathing would be safer

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EDITOR—Another sensible modification to add to Brown's requests to God would be the separation of the pipework for swallowing and breathing, greatly reducing the risk of choking and eliminating the risk of aspiration (thereby rendering the job of anaesthetists a lot less interesting).1 That wasn't very intelligent design, was it?

Dominic C Horne, salaried out of hours general practitioner

Aberdeen AB25 2ZP horned@doctors.org.uk


Competing interests: None declared.

  1. Brown P. Letter to God. BMJ 2006;332: 1341. (3 June.)[Free Full Text]

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