Editing Barber (section)

===Middle Ages===
[[File:A barber getting ready to shave the face of a seated custome Wellcome V0019707.jpg|thumb|"A barber getting ready to shave the face of a seated customer.", c. 1801.]]
Starting from the [[Middle Ages]], barbers often served as surgeons and [[dentist]]s. In addition to haircutting, hairdressing, and shaving, barbers performed [[surgery]], [[bloodletting|bloodletting and leeching]], [[fire cupping]], [[enema]]s, and the [[dental extraction|extraction of teeth]]; earning them the name "[[barber surgeon]]s".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/surgeons-and-surgical-spaces#the-barbers-shop|title=Surgeons and Surgical Spaces #The Barber's Shop|website=sciencemuseum.org.uk|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> Barber-surgeons began to form powerful guilds such as the [[Worshipful Company of Barbers]] in London. Barbers received higher pay than surgeons until surgeons were entered into British warships during naval wars. Some of the duties of the barber included neck manipulation, cleansing of ears and scalp, draining of boils, fistula and lancing of cysts with wicks.