Barber's pole

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   Global Museum (globalmuseum@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 07:41:07 JST Global Museum

   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

   @surgeonshall