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This essay focuses on the Augsburger barber-surgeon Joseph Schmid (1601/1606(?)-1667), a typical representative of his guild in regard to his apprenticeship and profession. But his surgical publications - written for a wide public as well as for future barber-surgeons - set him apart from the mass of barber-surgeons. His publications became well-known in the 17th and early 18th century and they belonged in "a good German surgical library". In his book entitled "Speculum Chirurgicum", published in 1656, he gave an insight into his patients and profession.