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Home Dictionary Name: surgeonVeterinary Surgeon
Veterinary Surgeon [fr. veterinarius, concerned with veterinum, a beast of burden]. A person who treats the illnesses, etc., of animals. A Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was incorporated in 1844, and supplemental charters were granted thereto in 1876 and 1879. The Charter of 1876 directed a register of veterinary surgeons to be kept. The (English) Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1881, regulates the correction of the register, enacts that examinations shall be held in accordance with the charters, and provides that no person not qualified by registra-tion, etc., may recover in any court any charge for performing any veterinary operation, or for giving any veterinary advice, and imposes penalties for false representation as to membership of the college and prohibits unregistered practitioners from using the title of veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner. The college has disciplin-ary powers over its members, which have been extended to holders of the veterinary certificate of the ...
Royal College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons. See SURGEON....
Surgeon
Surgeon [corrupted fr. chirugeon], is properly one who cures diseases or injuries by manual operation. See MEDICAL PRACTITIONER and PHYSICIAN.The Royal College of Surgeons in England was incorporated by charter of the 14th September in the seventh year of Queen Victoria. It had, however, been previously incorporated.As to the power of the college to make bye-laws, see 38 & 39 Vict. c. 43....
civil surgeon
civil surgeon A medically trained, licensed and experienced doctor practicing in the U.S. who is certified by USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service). These medical professionals receive U.S. immigration Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Sea surgeon
A surgeon fish...
Certifying surgeons
Certifying surgeons. See ss. 122 to 124 of the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Factories.'...
foundation
foundation 1 : a basis upon which something stands or is supported ;specif : a witness's preliminary testimony given to identify or explain evidence being offered at trial and establish its connection to the issue for which it is offered [the lack of any for the orthopedic surgeon's familiarity with the…standard of care rendered the surgeon's opinion testimony inadmissible "National Law Journal"] NOTE: Before evidence can be admitted at trial, the foundation for it must be laid by the party offering it. A foundation must also be laid for the qualification of a witness as an expert, or for the assertion of a privilege. 2 a : funds given for the permanent support of an institution : endowment b : an organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance foun·da·tion·al adj ...
Barber-chirurgeons
Barber-chirurgeons, a corporation of London instituted by Edward IV. The barbers were separated from the surgeons by 18 Geo. 2, c. 15, and the latter were erected into a Royal College of Surgeons at the commencement of the nineteenth century....
Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect
Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect, is not limited either to conduct involving moral turpitude or to a veterinary surgeon's conduct in pursuit of his profession, but may extand to conduct which, although reprehensible in anyone, is, in the case of a professional man, so much more reprehensible as to be disgraceful, in the sense that it tends to bring disgrace to the profession which he practise, Marten v. Disciplinary Committee of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, (1966) 1 QB 1: (1965) 1 All ER 949 DC, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 571, p. 318.When misconduct is proved, the House can impose punishments such as admonition, reprimand, withdrawal from the House, suspension from the service of the House, imprisonment and expulsion from the House. In case the grossly disorderly conduct of a member in the House, the Speaker may direct him to withdraw immediately from the House. If he persists in disregarding the authority of the Chair, he may be named by the Chair a...
Medical practitioners
Medical practitioners. The term is applied to physicians and surgeons. By s. 32 of the (English) Medical Act, 1858, only a registered medical practitioner can sue for his charges, and by s. 6 of the (English) Medical Act, 1886, a fellow of a College of Physicians may be prohibited by bye-law of the College from suing; and such bye-law has been passed. It is an offence for any person falsely to pretend that he holds a medical or surgical qualification (s. 40, Act of 1858), but it is not an offence merely to practise surgery or medicine, see Whitwell v. Shakerly, (1932) 147 LT 157 (bone-setter, osteopathic physician and surgeon). The registration of medical men in controlled by the Medical Council. See GENERAL COUNCIL, and Medical Acts of 1858, 1859, 1860, 1876, 1886 and 1905. The College of Physicians, with other bodies, was empowered to grant qualifications of registration to women by the Medical Act, 1876 ('Russell Gurney's Act'). See also APOTHECARIES....
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