surgeless (serjles)

[ When the surgent seas Have ebb'd their fill, their waves do rise again. Greene, Alphonsus, i. II. n. [cap.] In geol . , a division of the Paleozoic system, according to the nomenclature suggested by H. D. Rogers, but not generally adopted. It is the equivalent of the Clinton group of the New York Survey, a formation of great economical importance on account of the iron ores a ociated with it. surgeon (sér'jon), 'jon), n. [Early mod. E. also surgian, so urge on , surgien , surgeyn , surgen (= MD. surgijn ), a contraction of cirurgian , ci rurgien , cirurgien , serurgien , F. chirurg a chirurgeon: see chirurgeon .] 1. One who practises surgery; one who performs manual operations on a patient; a chirurgeon. F. chirurgien , A surgyne of Salerne enserches his wondes. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4312. Some liked not this leche, and lettres the i sent, zif any surgien were in the sege that softer couth plastre. Piers Plowman (B), xx. 308. 2. In Great Britain, one who has pa ed the examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons, but has not the degree of M. D.; a general practitioner. Formerly a surgeon dispensed drugs and attended out-patients, in distinction from a physician, who was restricted to consulting practice. See physician. ... Tell me about this new young surgeon . Mr. Brooke says he is really well connected. One does not expect it in a practitioner of that kind. George Eliot , Middle march, x. 3. A medical officer in the army, or in a military hospital.-4. A surgeon-fish.- Acting a istant surgeon, a civilian physician employed at a fixed compensation at a military post where there is no medical officer.-A istant surgeon, a member of the junior grade in the medical corps of the United States army or navy. Fleet surgeon. See fleet2. - Pa ed a istant surgeon, a medical officer who has pa ed the grade of a istant surgeon, and is waiting for a vacancy in the corps of surgeons before being promoted to that grade. Post surgeon, a medical officer of the army of any grade, or an acting a istant surgeon, who has charge of the medical department of any post, garrison, or camp. The post surgeon is generally, but not always, a member of the junior grade in the medical corps of the army. Royal College of Surgeons of England, an institution for the training, examination, and licensing of practitioners of medicine, dating its origin from the year 1460. The buildings of the college, which include a museum, library, and lecture-theater, are situated in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. IMG:content-2553.png:[blocks in formation]