Blue and white china barber's shaving bowl dating from the nineteenth century. In the 19th century barbers commonly carried out bloodletting procedures in addition to cutting hair,beards and shaving. Bloodletting involved the draining of blood from a patient's veins which were opened up with a pointed,double edged blade (lancet). This removal of excess 'humours' (bodily fluids) from the body was believed to be beneficial and bloodletting procedures were used to 'treat' a range of ailments up until the late nineteenth century | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library |
Bildgröße: | 5449 px × 3588 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |