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BARBER (from Lat. barba, beard)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 386 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARBER (from See also:Lat. barba, See also:beard)  , one whose occupation it is to shave or See also:trim beards, a hairdresser . In former times the See also:barber's See also:craft was dignified with the See also:title of a profession, being conjoined with the See also:art of See also:surgery . In See also:France the barber-surgeons were separated from the perruquiers, and incorporated as a distinct See also:body in the reign of See also:Louis XIV . In See also:England barbers first received See also:incorporation from See also:Edward IV. in 1461 . By 32 See also:Henry VIII. c . 42, they were See also:united with the See also:company of surgeons, it being enacted that the barbers should confine them-selves to the See also:minor operations of See also:blood-letting and See also:drawing See also:teeth, while the surgeons were prohibited from " barbery or shaving." In 1745 barbers and surgeons were separated into distinct corporations by 18 See also:George II. c . 15 . The barber's See also:shop was a favourite resort of idle persons; and in addition to its attraction as a See also:focus of See also:news, a See also:lute, See also:viol, or some such musical See also:instrument, was always kept for the entertainment of waiting customers . The barber's sign consisted of a striped See also:pole, from which was suspended a See also:basin, symbols the use of which is still preserved . The See also:fillet See also:round the pole indicated the ribbon for bandaging the See also:arm in bleeding, and the basin the See also:vessel to receive the blood . See also See also:BEARD, and See also:Annals of the Barber Surgeons of See also:London (189o) .

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