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Show Meaning of Word Doctor VSBBBW3aca2SaSBaMaBBS5S3aa3EB83 'The slgullUatlon ot tho word 'doctor' 'doc-tor' Is qulto Interesting," said a writer In tho New Orleans Times Democrat "In Its original Import It means a perron ru skilled In his particular art or sclouco as to be qualified to teach It: or ono who has taken tbo highest dogrco In tho faculties of divinity, law, physics or music. Thrro Is much dlrferenco of opinion as to tho tlmo when thu tltlo doctor was Drat created. creat-ed. It seems to havo been ostabllihod for tho professors ot tho lloman law In tho Unhcislty of Uologna, about tho mtddlo nf thn twelfth century. After It was adnptod It was conferred with expense und magnlflccnco nnd solemnity; tin tlmo requlslto for tbo degreu Is from threo to cloven yoars. "Modlcnl science, however, dates back tn the tlmo of Plato's ago, I). C. 430, when Aesculapius' knonlodgo and methods of practlco prevailed, and whoso remedies wero Incantations, soothing drinks, exlcrnnl appliances and tho knife, bulbing, nbstlnonco nnd tranquillity, nsslsled by n confident hopo of benefit. Ho wns represented sitting, ono hand holding a staff, the other resting on a, serpent'a head; a dog crouched nt his fret, accompanied by n cock, sometimes by an owl. "These animals aro meant to typify tho qualltlca which n physician should possess, tbo owl being emblematic of wisdom, tho cock of gllancc, tho nr-pent nr-pent ot sagacity, nnd, besides, ot lone life. Ills rourso was, ovldontly, to work chiefly on tho Imagination, as bo relied largely upon tho Influence of dreams nnd Union to furnish tho patients with tho imtrncy ot tho power pow-er of mind over matter, thereby appearing ap-pearing na tho llrat luHllluter ot faith euro eincacy. which Is becoming moro popular nnd believed In every day It Is, doubtless, tbo best remedy for bvpochnurirla." |