Bloodletting was one of the most enduring and popular medical practices in history, originated by the Greeks and used up until the 19th century for, well, basically everything. If you were feeling under the weather back in the day there's a good chance it was because you just had too much damn blood.
eÂ·sophÂ·aÂ·gus. n. pl. eÂ·sophÂ·aÂ·gi (-jÄ«â², -gÄ«â²) also oeÂ·sophÂ·aÂ·gi. The muscular tube by which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach; the gullet.
1. esophagus-the passage between the pharynx and the stomach. gullet, oesophagus, gorge. passageway, passage-a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; the nasal passages. muscle system, muscular structure, musculature-the muscular system of an organism.