Where Did Epistaxis Come from?

Most episodes of epistaxis come from an area in the anterior nasal septum called Kiesselbach's Plexus, or Little's Area. Several different arteries come together in this area, making the blood supply dense and prone to bleeding.

Where did the idea of bleeds come from?

Considered one of medicine's oldest practices, bloodletting is thought to have originated in ancient Egypt. It then spread to Greece, where physicians such as Erasistratus, who lived in the third century B.C., believed that all illnesses stemmed from an overabundance of blood, or plethora.

Where did the term nose bleeds come from?

The word epistaxis is from Greek: ἐπιστάζω epistazo, "to bleed from the nose" from ἐπί epi, "above, over" and στάζω stazo, "to drip [from the nostrils]".