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Leech and leechcraft are archaic [[English]] words respectively for doctor and medicine. The Old English word for "physician", læċe, which is related to Old High German lāhhi and Old Irish liaig, lives on as the modern English word leech, as these particular [[creatures]] were formerly much used by the medical [[profession]]. Cognate forms for leech exist in Scandinavian languages: in modern Swedish as läkare, in Danish as læge, in modern Norwegian as lege (bokmål) or lækjar (nynorsk), and in Finnish as lääkäri. These Scandinavian words still translate as doctor or physician rather than as a blood-sucking parasite.

Leech and leechcraft are archaic [[English]] words respectively for doctor and medicine. The Old English word for "physician", læċe, which is related to Old High German lāhhi and Old Irish liaig, lives on as the modern English word leech, as these particular [[creatures]] were formerly much used by the medical [[profession]]. Cognate forms for leech exist in Scandinavian languages: in modern Swedish as läkare, in Danish as læge, in modern Norwegian as lege (bokmål) or lækjar (nynorsk), and in Finnish as lääkäri. These Scandinavian words still translate as doctor or physician rather than as a blood-sucking parasite.

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

A '''physician'''—also known as doctor of [[medicine]], medical doctor, or simply doctor—[[practices]] the ancient [[profession]] of [[medicine]], which is concerned with [[maintaining]] or restoring [[human]] [[health]] through the [[study]], [[diagnosis]], and treatment of [[disease]] or injury. This properly requires both a detailed [[knowledge]] of the [[academic]] disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—the [[science]] of [[medicine]]—and also a decent competence in its applied [[practice]]—the art or craft of medicine.

A '''physician'''—also known as doctor of [[medicine]], medical doctor, or simply doctor—[[practices]] the ancient [[profession]] of [[medicine]], which is concerned with [[maintaining]] or restoring [[human]] [[health]] through the [[study]], [[diagnosis]], and treatment of [[disease]] or injury. This properly requires both a detailed [[knowledge]] of the [[academic]] disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—the [[science]] of [[medicine]]—and also a decent competence in its applied [[practice]]—the art or craft of medicine.

Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the [[word]] itself vary significantly around the world, but as generally [[understood]], the [[ethics]] of medicine require that physicians show [[consideration]], [[compassion]] and [[benevolence]] for their patients.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician]

Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the [[word]] itself vary significantly around the world, but as generally [[understood]], the [[ethics]] of medicine require that physicians show [[consideration]], [[compassion]] and [[benevolence]] for their patients.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician]

:Life is short, and Art long;

:Life is short, and Art long;

:The physician must not only be [[prepared]] to do what is right himself,

:The physician must not only be [[prepared]] to do what is right himself,

:but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals [[cooperate]].

:but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals [[cooperate]].

: —First aphorism of Hippocrates, c. 400 BCE, from the [http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Hippocrates.html Hippocratic Corpus online] ([[translated]] by Francis Adams)

: —First aphorism of Hippocrates, c. 400 BCE, from the [https://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Hippocrates.html Hippocratic Corpus online] ([[translated]] by Francis Adams)

[[Category: Health]]

[[Category: Health]]