Throughout much of the academic world, the term " doctor " refers to an individual who has earned a degree of Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. D. ( an abbreviation for the Latin Philosophiæ Doctor ; or alternatively Doctor philosophiæ, D. Phil., meaning Teacher of Philosophy ), or other research doctorate such as the Doctor of Science, or Sc. D.

In the Dutch language the word " dokter " refers to a physician, whereas " doctor " refers to high academic rank.

She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding, and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary / best friend Ann King ( Geraldine Fitzgerald ) insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist.

Dr. Nolan refers her to a doctor who fits her for a diaphragm.

In the movie Fight Club, Jack's narration refers to " red and blue Tuinals " when he sees the doctor about his insomnia.

Examination of this gene in 497 patients in the Amazonas State, Brazil, made by the doctor Sérgio Albuquerque, suggests that the genotypes FY * A / FY * B-33 and FY * B / FY * B-33 ( where-33 refers to the null mutation at position-33 in the GATA box ) may have an advantage over the genotypes FY * A / FY * B and FY * A / FY * A, FY * A / FY * B, FY * A / FY * X and FY * B / FY * X. FY * A / FY * B and FY * A / FY * A genotypes showed to be associated with increased rates of P. vivax infection and FY * B / FY * X and FY * A / FY * X were shown to be associated with the low levels of parasitism.

The name " Morgentaler " refers to Canadian Dr. Henry Morgentaler, a doctor and pro-choice activist.

She refers to him as " my dear husband the doctor " but, despite her love for her husband, is still disappointed with marriage itself (" I did wish marriage had seemed more of a step ").

The doctor first refers her to a psychiatrist, who prompts her to answer questions in a certain way, so that he can recommend an abortion on legal grounds: that she has a family history of mental illness and that she may commit suicide if not allowed to terminate the pregnancy.

Richie insults various customers: a friend of Eddie's ( Michael Redfern ) who wants to buy the newspaper Richie is reading ; an old woman ( Evie Garrett ) who hears Richie talking to himself and enquires if he is mad ; and a doctor ( John Wells ) who refers to Richie as " assistant ".

The term " attending physician " or " attending " also refers to the formal relationship of a hospitalized patient and their primary doctor during the hospitalization, as opposed to ancillary physicians assisting the primary doctor.

* In the 1970s British comedy Doctor in Charge episode entitled " The Loftus Papers ", doctor Paul Collier refers to himself as Lobby Lud.

To give a patient the wrong type of blood, said the doctor, would likely kill him.

The doctor wanted him in a hospital ; ;

His parents talked seriously and lengthily to their own doctor and to a specialist at the University Hospital -- Mr. McKinley was entitled to a discount for members of his family -- and it was decided it would be best for him to take the remainder of the term off, spend a lot of time in bed and, for the rest, do pretty much as he chose -- provided, of course, he chose to do nothing too exciting or too debilitating.

The doctor, since Scotty was no longer allowed to make his regular trips into town to see him, came often and informally to the house.

Alex's instruction was rapid, for the doctor had to go off to the Rue Ecole De Medecine to hear more speeches with only time for one sip of wine to sustain him through them all.

The doctor, with the air of a man whose professional interests have found scope, drew Alex's attention to those excellences which might otherwise have escaped him: the fine color in comb and wattles, the length and quality of neck and saddle hackles, the firm, wide spread of the toes, and a rare justness in the formation of the ear lappets.

Alex explained that they had been out for a stroll before breakfast while the doctor edged around behind him, attempting to hide the protuberance at his left side behind Alex's arm and back.

Eyes swerved in the patronne's head, Alex coughed loudly, and the doctor, with a sforzando of chicken noises floating behind him, took to the stairs in long-shanked leaps.

It was Giselle, the fille de chambre, come to clean the room, and while she stood before him with ears pricked up and regard all curiosity, explaining her errand, Alex could see from the corner of his eye the doctor doing all he could to calm the displeased bird.

The doctor sat down rather wearily, caressing the hen and remarking that the city was not the place for a poultry-loving man, but no sooner was the remark out than a knock at this door obliged him to cover the hen with his greatcoat once more.

Often the relatives plead with him not to do this, since they know they may never see the person again .</ br > Rieux works to combat the plague simply because he is a doctor and his job is to relieve human suffering.

He also introduced him to Johan Rothman, the state doctor of Småland and a teacher at Växjö Gymnasium.

The doctor offered to have Linnaeus live with his family in Växjö and to teach him physiology and botany.

The story is presented by Le Fanu as part of the casebook of Dr Hesselius, whose departures from medical orthodoxy rank him as the first occult doctor in literature.

For instance, Winter cites the example of a patient with a persistent headache supposedly tracing the problem to a doctor saying " Take him now " during the preclear's birth.

He was seen by Reitell's doctor, Milton Feltenstein, who put his arm in plaster and treated him for gout and gastritis.

Returning to Britain, he found that the climate made him sick, leading him to register with a doctor, Edward A. Gregg, who recommended that he try nudism.

But his outstanding talents, and the obvious fact that he stood high in Hitler ’ s regard, earned Goebbels the grudging respect of the anti-intellectual brawlers of the Nazi movement, who called him " our little doctor " with a mixture of affection and amusement.

" Samuel Smiles stated that he was " the scion of a distinguished Béarnese family "; although it is probable that the poverty of his parents would have excluded him from a learned career if some of the leading Protestants of the district had not charged themselves with the expenses of his education, which was begun under M. Jean de la Placette, the minister of Nay, He studied at Puylaurens, the Academy of Saumur, and the Academy of Sedan, receiving the degree of doctor in theology, it is said, at the age of seventeen.

The last person to speak to Halliwell was his doctor, who arranged for a psychiatrist to see him the following morning.

:" No ," said his military friend, " my colonel does not live here — but my comrade does, and he's worth two of the colonel, so by God, doctor, if you don't do your best for him, it will be the worst for you!

When Kenesaw was eight, the elder Landis moved his family to Delphi, Indiana and subsequently to Logansport, Indiana where the doctor purchased and ran several local farms — his war injury had caused him to scale back his medical practice.

When Brando reported to the induction center, he answered a questionnaire provided to him by saying his race was " human ", his color was " Seasonal-oyster white to beige ", and he told an Army doctor that he was psycho neurotic.

The College accused a doctor of practicing without a license and fined him accordingly.

St. Thomas Aquinas, a prominent doctor of the Catholic Church, was the first to write a full treatment of the relationship, differences, and similarities between faith — an intellectual assent — and reason, predominately in his Summa Theologica, De Veritate, and Summa contra Gentiles.

The interior upstairs scenes were filmed in a downtown Evans City home that later became the offices of a prominent local physician and family doctor ( Allsop ).

The test was invented by and named after the prominent Greek doctor Georgios Papanikolaou.

Dr. Hibbert is Springfield's most prominent and competent doctor, though he sometimes makes no effort to hide or makes light of his high prices.

* Thomas Neill Cream – prominent doctor who was tried and convicted for poisoning several of his patients, claimed to be notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper while on the gallows.

Dr. Timothy Stidham ( Swedish: Timen Lulofsson Stiddem ) was a prominent citizen and doctor in Wilmington.

It was established near the historic communities of Rest and Inman, GA. Woolsey is named after a prominent doctor who served in the Confederacy before being injured.

In the early part of the 20th Century, Hugh H. Young, a prominent doctor on the staff of Johns Hopkins University, began buying up the farmland with the intention of building a community.

He was a prominent figure in the early days of the community, serving as a doctor and soldier in the Revolutionary War.

As a prominent Presbyterian doctor and professor of chemistry in Philadelphia, he provided a bold and respected voice against the slave trade that could not be ignored.

The expansion of the Independent Order of Foresters ( IOF ) into Canada in 1875 is attributed to a prominent doctor and community leader, Oronhyatekha.

The event included a seminar with historian Hans Coppi, Jr. an expert on the Red Orchestra whose parents were members and were executed by the Gestapo, Natalia Narochnitskaya Ph. D, Prof., a doctor of historical science, an expert on international relations around WW1 and WW2, and a prominent public figure in Russia, Rabbi Avil Tawil, Director of the European Jewish Community Centre in Brussels, and Lital Levin, an Israeli journalist and relative of Leopold Trepper.

He was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the son of a prominent Franklin County doctor.

* Pittalus: A prominent doctor in Athens, he is twice mentioned in this play in relation to medical treatment for injuries.

Ian Gow was born at 3 Upper Harley Street, London, the son of Alexander Edward Gow, a prominent London doctor attached to St Bartholomew's Hospital who died in 1952 .< ref name =" Peer 14309 ">

The Darwin – Wedgwood family is actually two interrelated English families, descended from the prominent 18th century doctor, Erasmus Darwin, and Josiah Wedgwood, founder of the pottery firm, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, the most notable member of which was Charles Darwin.

One of his prominent students was Josef Mengele, the doctor who performed genetic experiments on Jewish children at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

So when he and Amanda assist Ted Walsh ( Terry Brady ), a prominent doctor with similar suspicions, Morello begins to investigate-which leads him to suspect prominent cardiologist Rupert Carr ( Frank Gallacher ).

Hawkins was from a prominent family ; his brother Ashton William Hawkins ( 1824 – 1888 ) was a clerk of the circuit court, a doctor, and a minister.

In 1908 dr. Orazio Pupini, a prominent Austrian doctor with a noticable treatment history opened a sanatorium.

Marianne Schnitger was born on August 2, 1870 in Oerlinghausen to medical doctor Eduard Schnitger and his wife Anna Weber, daughter of a prominent Oerlinghausen businessman Karl Weber.

Howard, a prominent black doctor and community leader on the South Side.

A German Jew, Singer had intended to become a medical doctor before being inspired to study economics after attending a series of lectures by prominent economists Joseph Schumpeter and Arthur Spiethoff in Bonn.