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.
Esophagus (or oesophagus or gullet) is a muscular tube connecting the throat (pharynx) with the stomach. During swallowing food travels from the mouth through the pharynx into the esophagus and to the stomach by peristaltic contraction of the esophagus.hat is Esophagus? A magic tube connecting the mouth to stomach, its help moves the food from the mouth to stomach and stops reverse motion from the stomach.