Doc Martin
 

Have found the differences between Brit and American stuff to be a constant source of entertainment. I'll bet you still go to the chemist for your paracetamol.

Which *reminds* me! Was told that the receptionist about whom I'd complained as being beyond my ability for suspension of disbelief (on Doc Martin) would "grow on me". I now note that she did not return following that first season, though subsequent iterations for that position have been little better. :-) Feel a "little" better now that googlage has helped with understanding his having to duck to go under a door frame. "Come through" is now part of my vernacular. SMH

When I joined my uncle in dental practice in 1977 ( practice started by my grandfather in 1925) we had a few of Grampa's patients still around. Every day I heard "you look too young to be a dentist". One lady actually jumped out of the chair, pinned herself against the wall and said "you can't be my dentist, you're just a little boy."...One day I realized that it had been quite some time since I'd heard I looked too young to be a dentist, and then one day a patient looked at me and said "Oh my God! You're still here?"...

My career in one paragraph.

love it!

Them boyish good looks
 

Love it! Even after already having practiced for three years in the military, when I opened my practice (1982) I regularly heard *you're* the dentist??! I suppose it *would* have been a rather disturbing sight. . .

Actually, we get our Paracetamol at Aldi, or any supermarket.
Our local surgery where our GP (PCD) is located, has its own pharmacy.
The Chemist is 'Up the High Street!'
Haven't been in it for years apart for the odd bleeding, and leech treatment!

Brilliant!
 

Learning a *lot* here. "PCD" is apparently "primary care dentist". Hadn't a clue that Aldi (north *and* south) is of German origin, nor why the nice Brit lady on that last dive trip kept saying "brilliant". “High Street”

PCD wrong.
Forgot your GP (family doctors) want to be called Primary Care Physicians.
Probably don't want to be confused with Chiropodists!:icon_wink:

Surgery
 

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. :-)

Barber surgeon
 

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.

Theodoric of York?

https://verywellthen.files.wordpress.../theodoric.jpg

It they would simply learn to speak English, this wouldn't be an issue! ;)

Yorick
 

Love it. Can't believe I don't remember it.