Word: esophagus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Esophageal Auscultation. Announcement by Dr. Samuel Bondi, professor of internal medicine at the University of Vienna, that he was regularly shoving a small stethoscope down the throats of his heart patients, revived attention in such esophageal auscultation. The heart is closer to the esophagus than to any other reachable part of the body. Hence its sound can be heard most clearly through the esophagus wall. But to gain extra clearness at the cost of a patient's comfort is something that few doctors will...
...Back of the fauces (narrow, rear part of mouth) is the pharynx. Into the pharynx enter (from above) the nostrils and eustachian tubes. From below enter (in front) the larynx (top part of the trachea, or breathing tube), and (in back) the esophagus or food tube. In eating or drinking the epiglottis, a saddle-shaped piece of cartilage at the root of the tongue, flaps down to cover the larynx and windpipe. The term "throat" includes fauces and pharynx; the term "gullet" includes pharynx and esophagus.† 5,685 U. S. cases reported last week...
...seems there were there, goldfish, named, curiously enough, One, Two, and Three, and there was also a silk handkerchief. The goldfish pass gaily down the esophagus of Mr. All, and at the word of command reappear, apparently quite delighted with their journey. The regurgitation of the silk handkerchief seems to prove that the goldfish are involuntary and not conniving actors...
...tube beginning at the lower termination of the pharynx, passing through the neck and chest behind the windpipe to join the stomach; the esophagus...
April 23.--Deformities of the Nose. Diseases of the Esophagus. Dr. H. P. Mosher...