[Sca-cooks] inaccurate books

[Susan Lin]

When I worked for Legal Aid one of our clients was from Russia and she
always called me doctor - I liked that!

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Terry Decker <t.d.decker at att.net> wrote:

>
> Suey said:
>> <<< In reference to "Charlemagne and the doctors," there were no
>> 'doctors' in medieval history. The correct word is physician in this
>> case. Barbers, who bleed patients, were another matter. >>>
>>
>> <clipped>
>
>> Oh! okay. So is "doctor" a medieval term? If so, what did it refer to?
>> Stefan
>>
>
> Doctor, in English, shows up in the 14th Century and it is used in
> reference to a learned individual, usually an instructor, in a branch of
> knowledge, such as theology, law or medicine.  The word derives from the
> Latin "doktre" to teach.  The usage is consistent with the rise of
> Universities.
>
> Physician shows up in the 13th Century in reference to a practitioner of
> the healing arts and the 15th Century as related to licensed practitioners.
> This derives from the earlier term, "physick" meaning natural science,  A
> physician was a student of natural science which included medical science.
> Usage became more constrained over time.
>
> A surgeon is a medical practitioner who uses physical means to treat
> patients.  Barber surgeons are practitioners who practiced surgery without
> qualification or license.
>
> Over time, physician became related to the concept of learned
> qualification, while surgeon became related to experiential medicine (can
> you say, general practice).  With the advent of modern requirements for
> education and licensing of practitioners, the differences became moot.
>
> Incidentally, Galen was an anatomist (learning about the body by dissecting
> monkeys and thus a surgeon) and a physician learned in Hippocratic theory.
> Part of his endeavor was to combine both theory and practice.
>
> Bear
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