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Another one that I find interesting is the division of the medical profession into surgeons and physicians. It seems that in the UK all physicians are surgeons but not all surgeons are physicians.
Doctor's Office (US) = Surgery (UK)
The other way around actually.
It started because surgeons used to be barber surgeons who also let blood and took out teeth while physicians began as apothecaries. When things became more organised physicians and surgeons established colleges to regulate their affairs and the distinction between cutters and healers was established.
The two branches became more combined in Victorian times and nowdays a surgeon has to be an MD first and then qualify further. So he becomes a doctor first and then on further qualification becomes a mister. Surgeons are very proud of the title Mister too and will correct anyone who calls them doctor.
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