Barber-surgeon


(formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
historical examples

is ninety-seven and three months, signor; a great age, truly, responded the barber-surgeon.
wagner, the wehr-wolf george w. m. reynolds

but enough for the present of the barber-surgeon and his pole.
a book about doctors john cordy jeaffreson

she said we were not descended from the barber-surgeon, and laughed at the battle of bosworth.
the newcomes william makepeace thackeray

“at your service,” replied the barber-surgeon, bowing profoundly.
the queen pedauque anatole france

in this capacity he is the counterpart of the barber-surgeon of mediaeval europe.
the tribes and castes of the central provinces of india – volume iv of iv r.v. russell

at ten years a fatherless boy poorly educated, he is apprenticed to a barber-surgeon.
the life of friedrich schiller thomas carlyle

the son of a tailor, he obtained his first medical knowledge in the shop of a barber-surgeon.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 4, slice 3 various

his father was a barber-surgeon, who disapproved of music, and wished george frederick to become a lawyer.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 12, slice 8 various

in the 1540s, ambroise pare from france, a barber-surgeon who was the son of a servant, was an army surgeon.
our legal heritage, 5th ed. s. a. reilly

in those days a barber-surgeon employed himself in pulling teeth, bleeding and cupping.
every day life in the m-ssachusetts bay colony george francis dow

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