Barber Surgeon

Barber Surgeon

22/04/2015

The barber surgeon was a doctor, hairdresser and drug simultaneously. He worked on the basis of humor doctrine, according to which the body remains healthy by balancing the four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. He prescribes drugs based on his knowledge of herbs and plants, can choose pull, put broken bones or carries out a trepanation.

This house is one of the interpretations of the Edamse house. Only the front part, the workshop is open to the public. Behind it are the private quarters of the barber surgeon and patient, he can nurse a long time. Behind the house is a little humor garden, divided into four beds.

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