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or from one of the other tasks often asigned to barbers-- "bleeding" or opening a vein as a medical treatment. (the red and white striped pole associated with barbers are said to represent a bleeding arm wrapped in gauze. )
barber's were an "alternative medical treatment"--when medical care seemed to be getting last right from the local priest.
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