<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards, as article . You can help . The discussion page may contain suggestions . (October 2011) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards, as article . You can help . The discussion page may contain suggestions . (October 2011) </Td> </Tr> <P> The barber surgeon, one of the most common European medical practitioners of the Middle Ages, was generally charged with caring for soldiers during and after battle . In this era, surgery was seldom conducted by physicians, but instead by barbers, who, in having razors indispensable to their trade, were called upon for numerous tasks ranging from cutting hair to amputating limbs . </P>

What types of surgery were performed in medieval times