Striped barber shop poles are a symbol that dates as far back as medieval times when barbers also served as surgeons and dentists. While you can't have an operation or get a cavity filled at Hall ...

It was the local barber shop, a haven for the male population ... Well, maybe not as old-fashioned as when a medieval barber put out a bloodied cloth to let the populace know he could let blood ...

The “Saturday Night Live” sketch “Medieval Barber Theodoric of York” says ... pints of his patients’ blood in a dirty little shop. Though the skit relies on dubious stereotypes, it ...

But the reality is pretty gruesome. Barbers have been cutting hair for centuries, but they used to have a longer job description. In medieval times, the professionals were known as barber-surgeons ...

“The Saturday Night Live” sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of York says it all with its portrayal of a quack doctor who insists on extracting pints of his patients’ blood in a dirty little shop.