"The growth involves the carotids and jugulars, and passes behind the ramus of the jaw, whither we must be prepared to follow it.
"Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life"
Arthur Conan Doyle
And it is because our people rescued the good Elks from the fangs of their cruel and merciless ancestors that the Carcajous have been, and to this day are, such bitter enemies to our people, and open their jugulars, and take their scalps whenever they can.
"Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
James Athearn Jones
When the goitre extends behind the sternum-the malignant form of retro-sternal goitre-the pressure symptoms are due to the encroachment upon the limited accommodation of the upper opening of the thorax; the trachea especially suffers, and the pressure on the veins causes distension of the anterior and external jugulars and their tributaries.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson