And, oh yes, if you wanted, he would give you a haircut — short on the sides, long in the back — and pull your tooth while he was at it. He made no attempt at diagnosis. In fact, some of you might well know that the barber pole, the red and white stripes, represents the blood bandages of the barber surgeon, and the receptacles on either end represent the pots in which the blood was collected.
Ah, y si usted quería, podía hacerle un corte de cabello y extraerle una muela mientras tanto. No intentaba diagnosticar. Puede que Uds. sepan que en el tubo del barbero, las rayas rojas y blancas representan las bandas ensangrentadas del cirujano barbero y los receptáculos en los extremos representan los recipientes donde se recolectaba la sangre.