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A necropsy revealed the presence of the subclavicular artery passing between the tracheal artery and the esophagus, compressing this latter tube and opposing the passage of food.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

There is pressure upon the submaxillary and subclavicular ganglia, and probably the axillary ganglia also.

From The Inferno by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)