Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "These Historical Facts Will Blow Your Mind! Ep.5" video.

Before resuming the video, I just wanted to say again: all the best to your mother, Raf! Hope she makes a full recovery and she gets many happy years to come.
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What I've always found fascinating about historical barbers is how at during certain points in history barbers sort of crossed into surgeon territory, most likely because they were the only people in town with access to really sharp and fine blades and also having developed a steady hand so as not to accidentally knick the skin of their customers during a close shave. There's just something so bizarre but also entrepeneurial about the guy who handles your grooming for a small fee may also be the same guy who did surgical cuts on your intestines and sometimes actually succeeded in saving a patients life. There is also a similar cross profession phenomenon in history with blacksmiths and dentistry. The blacksmith was usually the only person in town with tongs and pliers, so he's the one you had to look up to pull put an infected tooth. And as some of you may know: not only are infected teeth a huge source of pain, but they can actually kill you if the bad tooth isn't removed in time.
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@SeanMahoneyfitnessandart Certainly became more common when sugar was readily available yes. But before sugar, sweets were made with honey. And even having meat stuck between your teeth could lead to an infection. So humanity has been plagued with these problems as far back as ancient times. Possibly even in neolithic times, although stone age people probably had a better "natural" dental health because their diet consisted of a lot of hard to chew foods (like roots) which made up a kind of natural abrasive that cleaned the teeth when eating.
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@steve-zg3xp Breaking the tooth up wasn't on purpose but more of a result if the procedure didn't go well. Blacksmiths could fashion a specific tool for toothpulling called a "Pelican" and apparently they've been around as early as the 1400's. But yeah, teeth did break or snap off during the procedure. And sometimes pulling also brought bone and part of the gums out with the tooth too. So it was pretty gnarly, but necessary.
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