DOCTOR

A learned man; one qualified to give instruction of the higher order in a science or art; particularly, one who has received the highest academical degree in his art or faculty, as, a doctor of laws, medicine, or theology. In colloquial language, however, the term is practically restricted te practitioners of medicine. Harrison v. State, 102 Ala. 170, 15 South. 563; State v. McKnight, 131 N; C. 717, 42 S. E. 580, 59 L. R..A.. 187. This term means, simply, practitioner of phy• sic, without respect to sy•em pursued. A certificate of a homc:epathic physician is a "doctor's certificate." Conn v. Maretzek, 4 E. D. Smith (N. Y.) L [s. 392]