Upstairs in the auditorium, nurses on break dropped by to watch the operation, as did members of the National Guard in camouflage uniforms and red caps.

And Justice Rehnquist—though bareheaded and ill, pitifully underclad for the cold, with his tracheotomy tube wobbling at his throat—was basking in the climate he had helped to create.

Fourth, the medical protective gear - protective clothing, surgical gowns, masks, hats, sleeves, sheets, pillow covers.