title: Doctor or Mister (the correct appellation of British surgeons)
abstract: The form of address for British surgeons--"Mister" instead of "Doctor"--has mystified other members of the medical profession for years. The author attempts to show that the designation "Mister" is neither an affectation nor a denigration but a natural consequence of the history of British barbery, barber-surgery and ultimately surgery, resulting from the advice and tutelage of King Henry VIII and Parliament.
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom