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2024-05-17 22:11:07

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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