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synergie

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8. Historically surgeons were considered a different profession than physician.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 03:52 PM

Mar 2017

They had side gigs as barbers, for instance. They didn't diagnose illness or prescribe medicines, they just cut stuff off (in Western history anyway).

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Ben Carson Unpacked [View all] littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 OP

Given how many politicians are lawyers..... HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #1

And 4, more #4 than anything else. Huckster, con, fraud artist, deadbeat. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #3

Yep! mountain grammy Mar 2017 #9

Surgeons are notoriously autocratic as they lead their Operating Room teams Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #2

Sounds exactly, exactly like littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #7

Journalism Teacher jayschool2013 Mar 2017 #4

Number Seven littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #6

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Historically surgeons were considered a different profession than physician. synergie Mar 2017 #8

Some say that cutting creates an overwhelming littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #10

It is rather fun :-) synergie Mar 2017 #11

Interesting synergie. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #12

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