"Surgeon" 1750s Style

[Pixelguru]

IMG_8657_DxO by pixelguru1, on Flickr

...well, except for his elastic eyeglass bands.   

[JohnF]

I think you have a nice portrait here- he looks a lot like a butcher- which may have been close to truth

[LincolnB]

Butcher is right! Just look at his apron as an example of his stitching!

[JohnF]

Not "butcher" in a pejorative sense but what is now 'meat cutter' - years ago my dad was a "butcher" though he did not slaughter the animals.

[Pixelguru]

JohnF and LincolnB: I think you are both right.  Back in the early days of surgery those guys probably did a fair amount of meat-cutting and stitching.