"Subclavian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... thirty-three years old (in 1818) he placed a ligature around the bracheo-cephalic trunk or arteria innominata, within two inches of the heart, for aneurism of the right subclavian artery. This was the first time this wonderful operation had ever been performed, and the skill and success with which he accomplished it stamped him as one of the brightest lights of his profession. "The patient ...
— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.
... of the chyle by the lacteals, and its transfer through them and the thoracic duct, into the subclavian vein at the lower part ...
— A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) • Calvin Cutter |
