I, as a 8 year old kid witnessed a tiny bit of vinegar pickle used by a"barber " for warts.Egyptian "barber surgeon" in early 1900s used to be one who perform

I, as a 8 year old kid witnessed a tiny bit of vinegar pickle used by a"barber " for warts.Egyptian "barber surgeon" in early 1900s used to be one who perform medical and grooming services from treating warts to bloodletting, tooth extraction, and minor surgeries, in addition to providing haircuts, shaves. One of those barbers blinded Taha Hussien, one of 'the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab world. ' He contracted ophthalmia at the age of two, and as the result of false treatment by an unskilled practitioner, he became blind' 'In 1950, he was appointed Minister of Education, in which capacity he led a call for free education and the right of everyone to be educated'-held the position of chief editor of a number of newspapers. ' I have read many of his novels and never imagined he was blind at the time, it was not an issue or perhaps never brought up.