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The Wave Master posted...

If I missed your response P.O. I would like to apologize.

Is cool. Like I said, I'm not even sure I posted it last time around.

I only brought it up in case I HAD mentioned it before, and you were like DAMN IT, YOU ALREADY ASKED THAT OLD MAN! GO SIT YOUR ALZHEIMERY ASS IN THE CORNER AND BE QUIET!



WhiskeyDisk posted...

I wasn't aware "surgeon" was technically a thing prior to germ theory being accepted since in that era it was unthinkable to ask a "doctor" to wash his hands prior to reaching into a wound because a gentleman was not "dirty" and it was beyond the pale to insinuate such to the point where a duel would be the result of such a claim.

For super old-timey bonus points, you can even spell it chiurgeon!

But yeah, "surgeon" technically goes all the way back to Latin/Rome, and "physician" is at least a thousand years old as a term as well. Granted, the original words didn't strictly mean the same thing they mean today, but the idea of a person who practices medicine (itself a word that goes back to Latin/Rome) was definitely there.

Bonus fun-fact: The word "physic" is a somewhat obsolete term used to describe medicines (usually herbal medicines), while medicine itself is derived from "medicus", which is the original Latin term for someone who DOES medicine (in other words, it basically means "doctor").

I AM FILLED WITH TOO MUCH USELESS INFORMATION. THIS IS WHY I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT POSTS I HAVE MADE IN INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD TOPICS.

Now if you'll excuse me, I must go back to reading articles about feudal era Japan and ethnic distinctions in fantasy settings, for no obvious discernible reason.


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