Sandra Cavallo is Professor in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London

• List of platesList of captionsList of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsntroduction 1. The view of the body of an ordinary surgeon 2. Health, beauty and hygiene: the broad domain of a barber-surgeon’s duties 3. Barber-surgeons and artisans of the body 4. The place in society of artisans of the body 5. Social and kinship ties 6. Age, working relationships and the marketplace 7. Women in the body crafts 8. The weak father 9. Respectable men 10. The good surgeon Conclusion BibliographyIndex

Sandra Cavallo is Professor in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London

• List of platesList of captionsList of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsntroduction 1. The view of the body of an ordinary surgeon 2. Health, beauty and hygiene: the broad domain of a barber-surgeon’s duties 3. Barber-surgeons and artisans of the body 4. The place in society of artisans of the body 5. Social and kinship ties 6. Age, working relationships and the marketplace 7. Women in the body crafts 8. The weak father 9. Respectable men 10. The good surgeon Conclusion BibliographyIndex