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Is There A Doctor On Board? Answering The Question Of Vasa's Barber Surgeon. (2018)
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A Swedish researcher wrote in 2014 that a group of artifacts found on Vasa belonged to the ship's barber. These artifacts included, a whisk, wooden ladles, a wooden mortar and pestle, a grater, a beer tap, a pewter flask, and a stoneware jar. The barber surgeon is perhaps the most important crew member a ship can have. A ship's barber surgeon was responsible for the treatment of diseases and injuries while the vessel is at sea, at times having to act as surgeon, physician, and apothecary,...