Definition of "barber-surgeon" []

• Formerly, one who united the practice of surgery with that of a barber; hence, an inferior practitioner of surgery. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The shop, located on Tacuba Street, belonged to the barber-surgeon Alonso Salas, who was arrested by the Inquisition for insulting an official of that body (injurias a la Autoridad)."
• "The novice could acquire all sorts of medical expertise empirically by working alongside the barber-surgeon, the partera, and the curandero."
• "Because the surgeon's closest occupational links were with the barbers, it became common for the two trades to be carried on by a single practitioner, the barber-surgeon."