John Bell was a fascinating surgeon but is often over overlooked by his more famous brother Charles. This is a great piece by @medhistoryman.bsky.social that digs deeper into John and his work onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you! Will take another look at the article, read it few yrs ago but I had thought her conclusions were that some women were recorded as obtaining licenses to practice but didn't become members of the London Company. Keen to find out more about members' spouses too, it's super interesting!

Interesting! Were women actually recorded as members? The Edinburgh Incorporation didn't allow this although the son-in-law of a master barber-surgeon was able to become a member (and widows of members were allowed to practise barbery in some cases but not surgery). Do you have a source?

Thanks Lindsay!

Maybe he was just getting more and more furious at misbehaving barbers?

Thanks Alison, hope you're well.

Thanks!

Yes, that's correct. It was meant tongue-in-cheek.