Barber-Surgeon
I have always been intrigued with the study of medicine. I started school in 2014 with the goal to graduate with a BSN. At the beginning of the semester it was mentioned in class that people in the early 1200 to 1820 there was a Barber-Surgeon. A Barber-Surgeon is a barber that cuts hair, shaves people, pulls teeth, removes superficial tumours, stops haemorrhaging, drains pus filled sores, preforms enemas, used leeches to help with blood clotting, curetted fistulas, and sutured wounds. The practice of medicine and religion coincided. People believed that the reason you had a headache was due to the fact that you had a demon in your head and in order to release it, you would go to the barber-surgeon and they would cut open
I have always been intrigued with the study of medicine. I started school in 2014 with the goal to graduate with a BSN. At the beginning of the semester it was mentioned in class that people in the early 1200 to 1820 there was a Barber-Surgeon. A Barber-Surgeon is a barber that cuts hair, shaves people, pulls teeth, removes superficial tumours, stops haemorrhaging, drains pus filled sores, preforms enemas, used leeches to help with blood clotting, curetted fistulas, and sutured wounds. The practice of medicine and religion coincided. People believed that the reason you had a headache was due to the fact that you had a demon in your head and in order to release it, you would go to the barber-surgeon and they would cut open