skunkd0c
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a Mr will also always be a surgeon according to google
most of the dr do not have this level of qualification
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119265/
Summary points
most of the dr do not have this level of qualification
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119265/
Summary points
- (Male) surgeons are always addressed as Mr in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
- The tradition arose before 1800 when physicians were by definition doctors who possessed a university medical degree (an MD); surgeons seldom had any formal qualifications
- The growth of voluntary hospitals in the 18th century brought high status to surgeons
- After the founding of the Royal College of Surgeons of London in 1800, surgeons had a formal qualification (the MRCS)
- Surgeons became so proud to be distinguished from physicians that the title of Mr became a badge of honour