In Fiction
The TV series Children of the Stones featured an enigmatic character described as a Barber-Surgeon (portrayed by Freddie Jones), who had been mysteriously crushed by a fallen stone in the fictional Milbury stone circle.
In the animated series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, a recurring character named Dr. Barber is shown to offer both hair cuts and surgery to anyone walking by his shop.
In the musical Man of La Mancha, Don Quixote and his assistant Sancho Panza encounter a Barber-Surgeon, who boasts of his abilities to not only give a good shave, but bandage up any mishaps his straight razor might inflict.
The Turkish/Kurdish film Yol (1982) depicts a contemporary rural barber performing an emergency dental operation.
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