The medieval The medieval surgerysurgery

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In the middle-ages, surgeons were layman In the middle-ages, surgeons were layman in medical field, and lack of university in medical field, and lack of university education.education.

We call then “barber-surgeon.”We call then “barber-surgeon.” They take their itinerant trip to save people.They take their itinerant trip to save people. They did more thing then you can image. They did more thing then you can image.

ex: pull tooth, stop bleeding, recover ex: pull tooth, stop bleeding, recover dislocation, even “cutting for the stones”… dislocation, even “cutting for the stones”…

And, without anesthesia! And, without anesthesia!

Healing? hurting?Healing? hurting?

Come baby, Come baby, believe me, believe me, burning you burning you is good for is good for you!you!

Do you wish to have Do you wish to have youryour

hair cut or do you hair cut or do you need some surgery need some surgery

performed?performed?

As you can see, we do it all.As you can see, we do it all.

First, we'll bleed you, First, we'll bleed you, then you'll see!then you'll see!

The four main instrumentsThe four main instruments the surgical drill the surgical drill A hand-operated surgical drill A hand-operated surgical drill

usedused

to drill into boneto drill into bone

the extractor the extractor Multi-purpose extractor used forMulti-purpose extractor used for removing teeth.removing teeth.

the forceps the forceps Forceps, used for almostForceps, used for almost everything in surgeryeverything in surgery.. the sawthe saw A surgical saw used to removeA surgical saw used to remove diseased limbs.diseased limbs.

What barbers did for What barbers did for patients.patients.

What can we do in the What can we do in the future?future?

We are lucky that our We are lucky that our society consider doctsociety consider doctors as a high class levors as a high class level…el…

But that really means But that really means we can be proud of owe can be proud of our self?ur self?

過去的我一直補考，現在我想當書卷哪 !

去問主任，看他讓不讓你當書卷 !

Always be humble.Always be humble.Without humble and love to Without humble and love to

patient, doctors are just a patient, doctors are just a kind of ……. ?kind of ……. ?

The answer is in next page.The answer is in next page.