Global Museum on Nostr: Bet you didn't know this? The colours on a barbers pole usually reflected the blood ...
Bet you didn't know this?
The colours on a barbers pole usually reflected the blood and bandages used to clean up during bloodletting.
Patients grasped a rod or staff tightly to make their veins show. Then barbers cut open their arms and bled them. The red and white pole is still used to identify barbers.
#Barbers #bloodletting #surgery #history
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The colours on a barbers pole usually reflected the blood and bandages used to clean up during bloodletting.
Patients grasped a rod or staff tightly to make their veins show. Then barbers cut open their arms and bled them. The red and white pole is still used to identify barbers.
#Barbers #bloodletting #surgery #history
@surgeonshall