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minus-squareFuck spez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·edit-21 month agoOne might ask, “why the barber”? Well, they had the sharpest blades in town which made them the defacto surgeon, and before anesthesia, amputations involved at least as much screaming as pulling teeth.
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoIn those days, asking your barber to “take a little off the top” ended in either circumcision or lobotomy.
minus-squareFuck spez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoEither way, hopefully they got a sweet coin as a souvenir.
minus-squareShaunaTheDead@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agolol right, I totally forgot to explain that barbers often did surgery and dentistry.
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAt least? I would have thought it was the other wag around, sawing off a leg off hurts at least as much as pulling a tooth?
minus-squareFuck spez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI suppose it depends on how drunk your barber/dentist/surgeon/bartender got you beforehand… and how drunk they got themselves.
One might ask, “why the barber”? Well, they had the sharpest blades in town which made them the defacto surgeon, and before anesthesia, amputations involved at least as much screaming as pulling teeth.
In those days, asking your barber to “take a little off the top” ended in either circumcision or lobotomy.
Either way, hopefully they got a sweet coin as a souvenir.
lol right, I totally forgot to explain that barbers often did surgery and dentistry.
At least? I would have thought it was the other wag around, sawing off a leg off hurts at least as much as pulling a tooth?
I suppose it depends on how drunk your barber/dentist/surgeon/bartender got you beforehand… and how drunk they got themselves.
Drunk? Pass the laudanum