chirurgeon
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Origin of chirurgeon
1250–1300; < Latin chīrūr ( gus ) (< Greek cheirourgós hand-worker, surgeon; see chiro-, demiurge) + (sur)geon; replacing Middle English cirurgian < Old French cirurgien; surgeon
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But in the current American Journal of Surgery, two Cleveland doctors recommend a bloodletting technique so radical and daring that an oldtime chirurgeon would have paled at the thought of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chirurgeon glanced at Ipgreve, and receiving a sign from him, gave a promise to that effect.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Her whole life seems ruined: and Dr Bell, the chirurgeon at Keswick, told Mother but yesterday that Blanche should not live long.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
"At thy service, my lord—barber, chirurgeon, apothecary, having been duly examined and licensed by the great John Pitart, surgeon of the Ch�telet of Paris."
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
The interrogation, therefore, was postponed for a few days, during which the chirurgeon constantly visited her, and by his care, and the restoratives she was compelled to take, she rapidly regained her strength.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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