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Bizarre Victorian Fact of the day…

vicfangirlguide:

Up until the late 19th century barbers also acted as back-street surgeons. People with little money who were in need of treatment would go to the barber who would perform operations including tooth extraction and amputations. The symbol of the red and white striped pole which marks a barber shop is a reference to this forgotten aspect of their trade - it represents a bone wrapped in blood-soaked bandages.

AWESOME! ( also that would explain Mister Barber in the cartoon Flapjack…) 

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    This is why I’m so happy I believe everything I read. Who needs sources? I have an awesome story about barbers.
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    Up until the late 19th century barbers also acted as back-street surgeons. People with little money who were in need of...
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    i remember this in flapjack, the barber/surgeon character this is creepy, dawg
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    See? Sweeney Todd wasn’t all that bad. He just practiced using a different type of anesthetic, that’s all.
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    And you “Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack” fans thought that a doctor-barber was silly
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