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The gory history of barber surgeons - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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2023 ж. 15 Қар.
567 428 Рет қаралды
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Trace the history of barber-surgeons, and find out what led to barbers performing medical procedures in medieval Europe.
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It’s a cold morning in 15th century France and you’re off to the barber for a shave and haircut. You hear the familiar sound of singing inside and eye a bowl of blood in the window. You grab a cup of ale and examine the array of teeth strung from the walls. Suddenly, a scream sounds from one of the chairs. What's going on? Stephanie Honchell Smith shares the surprising history of barber-surgeons.
Lesson by Stephanie Honchell Smith, directed by Arvind Singh Jeena, Anantha Krishnan, Totem Creative.
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  • I love the barber's design. He's got a benevolent, yet unwittingly _mad_ feel about him.

    @brendanrisney2449@brendanrisney24495 ай бұрын

    • Me too.

      @yellowstarproductions6743@yellowstarproductions67432 ай бұрын

  • Its really scary to think about the fact that at that time any pain reducing drugs were not a thing

    @Random_UserXD@Random_UserXD6 ай бұрын

    • also dont mind my bad english as am not really an english speaker😅

      @Random_UserXD@Random_UserXD6 ай бұрын

    • And that is why I'm glad that we live in a world where modern anesthetics is a thing.

      @RelatedSnow8420@RelatedSnow84206 ай бұрын

    • @@RelatedSnow8420 lol yeah but i would say theres still some treatments which r way too painful

      @Random_UserXD@Random_UserXD6 ай бұрын

    • At least there’s ice

      @cringeSpeedrunner@cringeSpeedrunner6 ай бұрын

    • Well, in some cases/places, the patients are given alcohol to make them too drunk to feel pain or given some kind of herbal medicine to numb the mind

      @frostincubus4045@frostincubus40456 ай бұрын

  • I actually saw a barber surgeon text book under plexiglass in the book section at the British Museum. And, one of the greatest SNL skits ever was "Theodoric of York medieval barber" which can be seen on KZhead.

    @BasementBerean@BasementBerean6 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for recommending the skit! It made my day.

      @MiIIiezz@MiIIiezz6 ай бұрын

  • People today : This is the worst time to be alive People any era before the current one : Hold my barber

    @balpreetsingh6834@balpreetsingh68346 ай бұрын

    • The more you read history the more you realize that everytime has been a bad time to be alive. You just have to keep living.

      @threedragonstalk2123@threedragonstalk21233 ай бұрын

  • Hats off for the animation team❤

    @shiwanthagunathilake635@shiwanthagunathilake6356 ай бұрын

    • you say this everyvideo of them since ever. They are quiet good with animation, its their job, we got it.

      @Soloohara@Soloohara6 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Soloohara It's something well-intentioned. Having your work recognized is comforting. So why bother because he repeats it...

      @RRed04@RRed046 ай бұрын

    • because the keep repeating it every single video since ever, so annoying@@RRed04

      @Soloohara@Soloohara6 ай бұрын

    • @@Soloohara the quality is more than "just a job", but yes, every one of their video has high quality animation

      @oldcowbb@oldcowbb6 ай бұрын

    • @@Soloohara Hats off for the animation team!

      @-----------------------86@-----------------------865 ай бұрын

  • Old age be like : barbers cut hairs and surgeon cuts body. Why not make them one?

    @TheOneWhoKnocks969@TheOneWhoKnocks9696 ай бұрын

    • "hair is part of the body anyway" -some guy probably

      @treflecrystal@treflecrystal6 ай бұрын

    • 5:35 there has been a different informations in diversed areas

      @AsliddinNormamatov-ir7ok@AsliddinNormamatov-ir7ok6 ай бұрын

    • Bro your dp is great The ones who know will know

      @sadhnajoshi1529@sadhnajoshi15296 ай бұрын

    • 😂

      @vasanthpragash854@vasanthpragash8546 ай бұрын

    • Thus why they were called "Barber-surgeons" and the incredibly iconic "barber's pole" came from.

      @DarkZerol@DarkZerol6 ай бұрын

  • Literally did a history exam on medicine earlier today and one of the questions was about barber surgeons lol.

    @florm9944@florm99446 ай бұрын

    • Epic

      @ririlub@ririlub6 ай бұрын

  • my barber actually has a son who is a surgeon so this is pretty funny

    @dude6046@dude60466 ай бұрын

    • Just curious, but do you happen to know what kind of surgeon your barber's son happens to be?

      @luke14946@luke149465 ай бұрын

    • 😂

      @longnguyen4102@longnguyen41025 ай бұрын

  • I forgot how much I loved medical history

    @ButterflySeraph612@ButterflySeraph6126 ай бұрын

    • Good 👍 for you

      @yellowstarproductions6743@yellowstarproductions67432 ай бұрын

  • Thanks For all your hardwork and dedication 😊😊😊😊

    @danielsantiagourtado3430@danielsantiagourtado34306 ай бұрын

    • this is unrelated but you have exactly 143 likes on your comment, and 143 most generally means "I love you"

      @theskyisindigo@theskyisindigo6 ай бұрын

  • Oh wow!! This completely explains Doctor Barber from flapjack!

    @IDK-bd8he@IDK-bd8he6 ай бұрын

    • I was going to say the same thing!😅

      @diamondclaw5313@diamondclaw53135 ай бұрын

    • @@diamondclaw5313 hhmmm yes.. hhmmm yes…

      @IDK-bd8he@IDK-bd8he5 ай бұрын

    • @@IDK-bd8he 😂

      @diamondclaw5313@diamondclaw53135 ай бұрын

  • "Just a little off the top, please. Heeey...what are you doing with that bone saw??" 😮

    @YoungGandalf2325@YoungGandalf23256 ай бұрын

  • Dear Ted-Ed Team, as a passionate hobby fencer, I would be very delighted to see a video about the history of fencing. I think this would not only be an interesting topic but also one that would educate others.

    @marceliraola1411@marceliraola14115 ай бұрын

    • Fencing? You mean like sword fighting. Or fencing goods or fence made of wood

      @scourgedarkpaw9949@scourgedarkpaw99494 ай бұрын

  • I was actually wondering what those red and white on the barber's pole mean and woah I found my answer. I didn't even know that barber -surgeon was a thing. Crazy.

    @Sunflowersarepretty@Sunflowersarepretty6 ай бұрын

    • I knew it already, but I would have liked them to answer wtf the blue stripes mean! many poles have them.

      @gordonlekfors2708@gordonlekfors27086 ай бұрын

    • ​@@gordonlekfors2708i was wondering the same thing

      @snegwatawski4196@snegwatawski41965 ай бұрын

    • 🎉🙏🌺🔔🌺🇮🇳✍🏻in our Village..most seniors proverb # barber* the semi doctor*- அம்பட்டன்*- அரை வைத்தியன் ! வண்ணான்*- முக்கால்வைத்தியன்- washer man*- the good compounder*- Home function s கால்பங்கு.public activities Full nungu # 🎉yet we don't understand the meaning as such ji# தூய்மை*- நோயின்மை*- கவனமின்மை*- கடினமே ஆகிவிடும் வாழ்வதுமே!🐢ஆமாமில்லே'- அணிலே.🐿️🔯

      @Lalitha-jt6ge@Lalitha-jt6ge2 күн бұрын

  • Thanks For all your hardwork and dedication 😊😊

    @smtoonentertainment@smtoonentertainment6 ай бұрын

  • the art style is simply incredible.

    @bluegaplanim@bluegaplanim6 ай бұрын

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    @lorohasquarepants7386@lorohasquarepants73865 ай бұрын

    • I agree.❤

      @yellowstarproductions6743@yellowstarproductions67432 ай бұрын

  • As always, another important fact we didnt know we needed. Thanks!

    @Davidc31@Davidc315 ай бұрын

  • This makes Dr Barber from The Marvelous Misadventures historically accurate.

    @markcrawford5810@markcrawford58106 ай бұрын

    • I was looking for a comment like this

      @Brienanderson34@Brienanderson345 ай бұрын

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    @AudioTruyenLangQue@AudioTruyenLangQue5 ай бұрын

  • Finally! I forgot I still want to know the meaning of those symbols in every barber's shop. Glad I got recommended this video. ❤️

    @sorakishimoto@sorakishimoto6 ай бұрын

  • Wow, I knew they were dentists but surgeons! This is really interesting.

    @onal12345@onal123455 ай бұрын

  • Perfectly illustrated.

    @Sjalabais@Sjalabais5 ай бұрын

  • I love these videos! So interesting!

    @laurenehynson6495@laurenehynson64956 ай бұрын

  • I’ve been obsessed with these videos

    @ley6748@ley6748Ай бұрын

  • The character "Dr.Barber" from the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack makes sense now

    @Taylor-yt8vp@Taylor-yt8vp6 ай бұрын

  • Thankful to be born in the modern age 😅 Great video, informative, interesting & fun.

    @richaranjan1983@richaranjan19835 ай бұрын

  • Excellent video!! Thanks!

    @zulmira53@zulmira536 ай бұрын

  • I am a very old subscriber of Ted ed from my another acount that is old one. I rarely used to watch its videos. But from past one month I regularly watch about 5 videos from Ted ed. Very informative. Thanks a lot for making such a great quality educational and informative videos.

    @srvpostsmusic@srvpostsmusic6 ай бұрын

    • a day?

      @dani33300@dani333006 ай бұрын

    • Yes@@dani33300

      @srvpostsmusic@srvpostsmusic6 ай бұрын

  • For anyone who has ever watched Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, this explains Dr. Barber's whole thing.

    @sapphirewingthefurrycritic985@sapphirewingthefurrycritic9852 ай бұрын

  • The history of Surgery is fascinating!

    @elscruffomcscruffy8371@elscruffomcscruffy83713 ай бұрын

  • I could binge watch these all day 😂

    @Happy-Vibes4eva@Happy-Vibes4eva6 ай бұрын

  • I know it's just an animation, but I was flinching hard when I saw the cutting body-part scene. Imagine doing it in real life without any kind of pain killer 😢

    @fajar2alfianto@fajar2alfianto5 ай бұрын

  • *Fun fact* You ever see one of these things outside a barbershop?💈 In the early day of modern barbering, the barber would leave out bloody rags used in surgery out on the railing to advertise their services. So you would see bloody and clean rags outside, and when sanitary standards changed, the 💈thing got created to symbolically represent the old clean red and white rags. The blue was later added as a patriotic thing. Edit: Damn, 5:05.. y’all really got me!! Edit: They changed the thumbnail to this 💈 pole, but it wasn’t like that before! 💈

    @franko8572@franko85726 ай бұрын

    • Thanks still. I just now learned meaning to this symbol with the blue one. 😅

      @sorakishimoto@sorakishimoto6 ай бұрын

    • @@sorakishimoto 😃 Eyyyy! Somebody learned something from me! 😊

      @franko8572@franko85726 ай бұрын

    • @@franko8572 yeah, thanks. I didnt undertand It with the video hehe

      @esnm7799@esnm77996 ай бұрын

  • This is fascinating!

    @fridabinaev@fridabinaev3 ай бұрын

  • The animation is great!

    @TheRandomPokemon4@TheRandomPokemon46 ай бұрын

  • thanks for that

    @hvnterblack@hvnterblack6 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating -- and surprisingly gory!

    @weighttrainingguide@weighttrainingguide5 ай бұрын

    • Surprisingly? 🤔

      @jrmetmoi@jrmetmoiАй бұрын

  • Fascinating!

    @phatato@phatato3 ай бұрын

  • So interesting...thank you.

    @quiltingmuggle2759@quiltingmuggle27596 ай бұрын

  • Flapjack makes alot sense now that the doctor was also a barber

    @catwaygo9908@catwaygo99082 ай бұрын

  • What a beautiful video ❤

    @deepakpatnaik8457@deepakpatnaik84572 күн бұрын

  • I don’t know if I’m the only one. But the only time I heard of baber surgery was from the cartoon The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (the character Dr. Barber.) So I had no idea this was a real thing🤷🏾‍♀️🤯

    @luv2bcth714@luv2bcth7146 ай бұрын

  • Great video! When I was in the ninth grade, I started reading medical history books. I was particularly drawn to those books that started with early trepanations and worked their way up to the barber surgeons. I found the very idea of performing multiple amputations, putting the patients in a circle, and applying hot pokers to cauterize the wounds. Generally speaking, these tomes of history became less interesting as medical education and practice included sanitary teachings that started with the simple washing of hands (which was laughable to the anatomists who went from dissecting table to patient. Once Lister came on the scene, the history seemed quite modern and there I would stop reading that book and move on to another.

    @MadelonWilson@MadelonWilson6 ай бұрын

  • you have the best animators & narrators

    @neekibarman4125@neekibarman41256 ай бұрын

  • I always wondered where the term barber surgeon came from, thanks for the lesson

    @BWS891@BWS8916 ай бұрын

  • how do i always seem to be on KZhead just as this channel posts

    @minnie_notthemouse@minnie_notthemouse6 ай бұрын

  • Me: Hello, I would like a nice shaving, I have a wedding tonight. Barber: Say no more. Me: Also, one of my toes looks very blue, do you know someone who could look at it? Barber: You're not gonna believe this

    @canoa223@canoa2236 ай бұрын

  • That was interesting. Good job.

    @jkyoft78@jkyoft783 ай бұрын

  • I'm learning something new everyday it seems.

    @mrinmoybanik5598@mrinmoybanik55986 ай бұрын

  • This tradition has always fascinated me, and my interest in it has grown even stronger in recent years. Here in my country, barber poles are becoming increasingly common, though the video seemed to overlook the fact that many of them here also have a blue stripe.

    @msartorius@msartorius24 күн бұрын

  • Wow. Now I found an answer to my question😁 thank you.

    @azizaturdiqulova1492@azizaturdiqulova14922 ай бұрын

  • A wonderful work

    @worLDinheritance962@worLDinheritance9626 ай бұрын

  • "You look like you could use some... surgery." - Dr. Barber

    @rossplendent@rossplendent6 ай бұрын

  • I like this animation style ❤

    @PramkLuna@PramkLuna6 ай бұрын

  • Excelente!

    @elianesantoscabral3271@elianesantoscabral32716 ай бұрын

  • 4:54 help why is that so sweet. Props to the animators.

    @Bluwie._.piixxee@Bluwie._.piixxee5 ай бұрын

  • Hi dear guys and many thanks ❤❤❤❤❤ very good each day one new ted, thank you❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂

    @user-eq2dx2jp6v@user-eq2dx2jp6v6 ай бұрын

  • Uno dei vostri video più belli per me❤ ottimi per allenarsi con l'ingles3

    @alessandracastioni3423@alessandracastioni34235 ай бұрын

  • The more I learn about anything prior to modern medicine, the more thankful I am that I live in the 21st century

    @syncout9586@syncout958629 күн бұрын

  • My grandfather was a barber surgeon, a feldsher as they were called, in the Imperial Russian Army in the 19th C. He deserted in 1903 and made his way through Poland, Germany and France to London. He set up shop as a barber and also performed minor medical procedures for his family and customers. He would stitch wounds, remove stitches, dress wounds , lance boils, use antiseptics and prescribe appropriate analgesics.

    @RootlessNZ@RootlessNZ21 күн бұрын

  • you are the best channel in the world😍🥰

    @user-ff7ux9zv3o@user-ff7ux9zv3o6 ай бұрын

    • Yes ❤❤

      @nabd_27@nabd_276 ай бұрын

  • It makes my blood run cold thinking that, not too long ago, these very painful and very specific surgeries were left to basically butchers *without* any medical knowledge nor anesthetic. Man, I'm *GLAD* to be living in 2023.

    @Dr._Doppietta@Dr._Doppietta6 ай бұрын

  • Your varying animation styles are all very comfy

    @Abraxium@Abraxium6 ай бұрын

  • excellent

    @maxhill9254@maxhill92546 ай бұрын

  • 5:11 now whenever I see this, I start remembering this video (and people who 'treated' by barber surgeons).

    @edwinjoy3932@edwinjoy39326 ай бұрын

  • Omg I always wondered about this…

    @blitz2524@blitz25246 ай бұрын

  • Recently found out my grandad who passed when i was 7 (im nearly 54) wrote a book on Ambroise Paré the medieval barber surgeon.

    @pippaliciousj@pippaliciousj4 ай бұрын

  • so interesting 💈

    @mio7968@mio79685 ай бұрын

  • Havent watched a video in this channel in years

    @brianthomas4276@brianthomas42766 ай бұрын

  • I love history

    @SlyXD-mb1so@SlyXD-mb1so26 күн бұрын

  • "For he's a scheming barber and to do so is his pleasure..." Getting Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack vibes

    @Redoestimate1988@Redoestimate19886 ай бұрын

  • Patient:"Help I need surgery" Doctor Barber: "Okay, but like are you a Gemini 🤨"

    @shajadaburgess3616@shajadaburgess36166 ай бұрын

  • Barbers were cool, and they still are.

    @Electronious@Electronious6 ай бұрын

  • Ted ed you keep amazing me

    @medardbitangimana4580@medardbitangimana45806 ай бұрын

  • nice video

    @alparslankorkmaz2964@alparslankorkmaz29646 ай бұрын

  • the way barbers holding the shears is same as surgery doctors.I discover it after I learn in medical university.

    @seren7173@seren71735 ай бұрын

  • Me: I just want a haircut The barber: no problem **Proceeds to cut my hair, sew my wounds and amputate my leg**

    @shreyashvaidya2773@shreyashvaidya27736 ай бұрын

  • Really good video, as always, but also pretty gory! I hope it won't loose its monetization

    @AelitaSwan21@AelitaSwan216 ай бұрын

  • Animation so cute ❤❤❤

    @Bamdeidz@Bamdeidz6 ай бұрын

  • Well that explains that one character in Flapjack.

    @lizardguyNA@lizardguyNA6 ай бұрын

  • Can we talk about the history of venting in barber shops? Those hit differently.

    @AnthonyDinh@AnthonyDinh6 ай бұрын

  • ok now i understand why the barber from the cartoon Flapjack was also a surgeon

    @tylerdurdenthethird1796@tylerdurdenthethird1796Ай бұрын

  • Cool

    @MapleMafiareincarnated@MapleMafiareincarnated6 ай бұрын

  • 😎👍 Glad to know that the barber pole's colors represents Blood&Bandages not Hacksaws&Razors!😂

    @wilson5377@wilson53775 ай бұрын

  • I still get my hair amputated to this day.

    @TheDraco175@TheDraco1756 ай бұрын

  • Now I've finally realized that Barber is not a simple thing to consider because at the end of the video, the creator revealed the true meaning of that red and white color-swirling tube which I usually see at many Barber's

    @tonynguyen4751@tonynguyen47516 ай бұрын

    • Not exactly, he stated it was a legend. The barber pole most likely has a different origin

      @pisces2569@pisces25696 ай бұрын

  • The way that surgeon took that man away from the barber to go save his life. 😂

    @deegee5333@deegee53336 ай бұрын

  • Wow... Never know.

    @user-ym8dn6bv6k@user-ym8dn6bv6k6 ай бұрын

  • Fun fact: that’s why consultant Surgeons are called Mr, not Dr because of this past history.

    @benjamintan9996@benjamintan99966 ай бұрын

  • I trust my barber.

    @thawfeeqjamaal1777@thawfeeqjamaal17776 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for uploading this right at dinner time here in Holland. Yum.

    @majl7917@majl79176 ай бұрын

  • Lord AK doing his magic ✨

    @manavbachwani4726@manavbachwani47265 ай бұрын

  • 4:56 aww now that's wholesome

    @siddhuansith@siddhuansith6 ай бұрын

  • nice

    @user-bj5zn3ri3n@user-bj5zn3ri3n5 ай бұрын

  • TedEd your animation!!🤧🤍🤍✨✨

    @quadrantids8166@quadrantids81666 ай бұрын

  • Its amazing we survived as a species as long as we have

    @PatricKlein86@PatricKlein8625 күн бұрын
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