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Originally Posted by mntlblok
What continues to throw me off is calling the GP's office his "surgery". I suppose they *do* perform the occasional bit of suturing. . .
Found this:
In the United Kingdom, on the other hand, a "surgery" is the facility in which a doctor performs medical procedures ranging from examinations to X-rays to minor surgical operations, such as stitching a small cut or burning off a wart. The equivalent to the U.S. "office hours" for a doctor can be "surgery hours" (but more often "consulting hours"), and in the United States, such a facility is usually called a "doctor's office". at Answer: "Hospital" and "Surgery" in American/British English: fandom_grammar — LiveJournal
Fun stuff. :-) |
Reminded me of the barber surgeon, so had to look into that again. Had no idea of this aspect of it:
"Meanwhile, physicians considered themselves to be above surgery.[1] Physicians mostly observed during surgery and offered consulting, but otherwise often chose academia or working in universities". From Wikipedia.