Magnus Maxwell at Work as a Barber-Surgeon

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Magnus Maxwell (1555-1615)
Courtesey of Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Inc.

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[enlarged portrait of Magnus with sign]
Magnus Maxwell offers private practice while in the field with militia

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[Magnus and patient with detached ear]
Barber Magnus attempting to re-attach ear cut off during hair cut

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[Magnus holding leech up in air]
Magnus as a young barber-surgeon showing a leech to a militiaman prior to a bleeding

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[Hatless Magnus pleading a case] [Militiaman, Magnus and bride-to-be] [Magnus and Bhrianna kneeling] [Magnus kneeling before Queen]
Magnus pleading before court and officers; The Militia takes an overt interest in seeing the Barber-Surgeon hand-fasted; Magnus hand-fasted to Bhrianna, a woman of the Scottish Border Horse; Magnus receiving the Queen Elizabeth's Blessing on his "engagement"

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