Barbers Surgeons facts
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Barbers have historically often served as surgeons and dentists and were paid accordingly. The barber pole, featuring red and white spiraling stripes, symbolized different aspects of the craft.
how did barbers become surgeons?
Barbers in the Middle Ages performed surgery such as limb amputation, bloodletting and tooth pulling in addition to cutting hair. They were known as ‘barber surgeons’ and the red and white barber pole signified blood and bandages.
What barber shops are open near me?
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what barber shops are open?
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Barber Poles are are a legacy of the barber-surgeons' practice of bloodletting. The red represented the blood, the white the bandages, and the blue the protruding veins. This double job was legal until 1745.
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From about 1000 AD to well into the 1800s barbers didn't just cut hair, but were well-known surgeons. They'd do everything from pulling teeth to blood letting to castration.
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For some time, surgery was thought of as a rather low profession among doctors. This is one of the reasons 'Barber-Surgeons' came into use
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The barber's pole originated from the Middle Ages, signifying where 'barber-surgeons' could be found. Red represents blood; white represents the tourniquet; the pole represents the stick held by the patient to dilate the veins.
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medieval barbers were also surgeons. The red striped pole we see outside a barbershop today harkins back to the days when barbers advertised one of the surgery services; bloodletting.
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The spiral poles barbers have on their businesses is a near millennium old tradition from when barbers were also surgeons and performed bloodletting. The red spirals signify bloody bandages on a white pole.
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The professions of surgeons and barbers used to be one and the same as to cut hair or saw through bones, you needed surgically sharp instruments but split as each profession developed (thanks to the guy who had is post deleted on Ask Historians who suggested I look this up!)
