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[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

One might ask, "why the barber"? Well, they had the sharpest blades in town which made them the defacto surgeon, and before anesthesia, amputations involved at least as much screaming as pulling teeth.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

In those days, asking your barber to "take a little off the top" ended in either circumcision or lobotomy.

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Either way, hopefully they got a sweet coin as a souvenir.

[-] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

lol right, I totally forgot to explain that barbers often did surgery and dentistry.

[-] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

At least? I would have thought it was the other wag around, sawing off a leg off hurts at least as much as pulling a tooth?

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

I suppose it depends on how drunk your barber/dentist/surgeon/bartender got you beforehand... and how drunk they got themselves.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Drunk? Pass the laudanum

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