Worst Medieval Job

                I think that the worst job was the barber surgeon. In medieval Europe, people were very scared of getting ill and there was poor sanitation. They used unhealthy methods of operation because their surgery was performed by barbers that were not professionals. They obviously did not know what they were doing considering they came up with an idea to put a funnel up the patient’s anus. An enema was a procedure used because they believed that when someone swallowed medicine, it would go into the stomach and be broken down by the heat of the liver, so they would have to put medication in by a different root. It was very gory to be a barber surgeon because they would amputate body parts and used razors and knives. They diagnosed patients by charts and the color and smell of their urine. They would cut open a wound to take blood out and then close it back up. It was very gruesome and I would hate to be a barber surgeon because I do not like blood or cutting people. I also do not like putting tubes up someone’s anus. I would be a terrible barber surgeon.