Company of Barber Surgeons in Podcasts
companyA historical organization of barbers who performed surgical procedures, established in 1534.
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Renaissance Medicine (Radio Edit)
And they get the company of barber surgeons in 1534. So there's this picture of Henry VIII handing over a charter to this company while the physicians stand on his other side looking like they've swallowed a bee. And then they decide, okay, now we've kind of divvied it up. The surgeons are going to do the surgery and the barbers are going to cut the hair and never the twain shall meet.