A post by DocTinWhistle got me wondering if there are a lot of whistling Docs of one sort or another out there. I’m a Podiatrist by day, and I know we have at least one Vet here on the board. Any others?
Just whistling for Claudine to show up…
And she plays strange instruments, too… Like the side-blown recorder a.k.a. boehmfloete and maybe worse 
I’m an emergency physician when I’m not whistling.
I think Doc Jones might qualify. I’m a first aider at work, but I don’t think that counts - maybe a 1% doctor.
No longer, but for 7 years I worked in street medicine (Emt/Paramedic), as well as in an Air Force ER as primary response, and Air Transportable Hospital primary ER member (Think MASH, an ATH is the modern version.)
Aodhan
I have a Ph.D, or a D.Phil as they call them in stuffy old Oxford. But you didn’t mean real doctors did you, you meant medics, right? 
Someone needs to write a song…“The Whistling Doctor” (kinda like “The Whistling Gypsy Rover”). Walden, you want to take a stab at it? You’re our lyricist par excellence… 
Redwolf
On 2003-02-28 10:55, Redwolf wrote:
Someone needs to write a song…“The Whistling Doctor” (kinda like “The Whistling Gypsy Rover”). Walden, you want to take a stab at it? You’re our lyricist par excellence… >Redwolf
I think I’d prefer ‘the Raggle Taggle Doctor-O.’ 
On 2003-02-28 10:59, Wombat wrote:
On 2003-02-28 10:55, Redwolf wrote:
Someone needs to write a song…“The Whistling Doctor” (kinda like “The Whistling Gypsy Rover”). Walden, you want to take a stab at it? You’re our lyricist par excellence… >Redwolf
I think I’d prefer ‘the Raggle Taggle Doctor-O.’ >
Either way, the song will DEFINITELY have to go in the “Clips and Snips” section.
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Aodhan
On 2003-02-28 12:00, Aodhan wrote:
Either way, the song will DEFINITELY have to go in the “Clips and Snips” section.[pause]
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As always, your wit is pointed and incisive.
Does a home study course in brain surgery count??
The whistling doctor prescribed me a pill,
And told me to wear some special shoes.
He whistled and he sang as he gave me my bill,
That whistling doctor that brews booze!
Ow-de-do, ow-de-do-da-day,
Ow-de-do, ow-de-da-ay
He whistled and he sang till the office rang,
That whistling doctor that brews booze!
She rode on her cycle across the land,
And played on her brasses and flute,
She helped me decide on a name for a band,
But stayed true to the medical pursuit.
Ow-de-do, ow-de-do-da-day,
Ow-de-do, ow-de-da-ay
She whistled and she sang till Luxembourg rang,
But stayed true to the medical pursuit.
And don’t forget good Dr. Dale,
Who is the Undisputed King!
His hearty spirit’s no tall tale,
He’s one fine shrink! Of him we sing!
Ow-de-do, ow-de-do-da-day,
Ow-de-do, ow-de-da-ay
He whistled and he sang till Chiff and Fipple rang,
He’s one fine shrink! Of him we sing!
And so, you know, where’er you roam,
From north to south, from east to west,
So far away, or near to home,
The whistling doctors are the best.
Ow-de-do, ow-de-do-da-day,
Ow-de-do, ow-de-da-ay
They whistled and they sang till the whole earth rang,
The whistling doctors are the best.
On 2003-02-28 10:41, Wombat wrote:
I have a Ph.D, or a D.Phil as they call them in stuffy old Oxford. But you didn’t mean real doctors did you, you meant medics, right? >
I was at the optometrist once and he asked what I did. I said I was a physicist, and he said, “PhD? So, you’re a REAL doctor.” I guess it depends on your point of view – to some, the academic vs. professional track is more worthy. To me, anyone who can get through residency deserves special recognition.
Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist here, which, of course, occupies a shadowy zone between “real” doctor and academic PhD.
Oh,
and there are a BUNCH of docs on the regular mailing list.
Dale
And don’t forget about us whistling nurses! I work in Public Health and one of the things I like about it is not having to answer to docs all the time
I went into an office where two doctors “practice”. Just as the receptionist asked “Which doctor?” Doctor B. entered and said, “There are no witch doctors here!”
I switched doctors that day.
On 2003-02-28 22:31, Mack.Hoover wrote:
I went into an office where two doctors “practice”. Just as the receptionist asked “Which doctor?” Doctor B. entered and said, “There are no witch doctors here!”I switched doctors that day.
So, Mack, did you ever manage to find a real witch doctor?
On 2003-02-28 18:54, chas wrote:
On 2003-02-28 10:41, Wombat wrote:
I have a Ph.D, or a D.Phil as they call them in stuffy old Oxford. But you didn’t mean real doctors did you, you meant medics, right? >I was at the optometrist once and he asked what I did. I said I was a physicist, and he said, “PhD? So, you’re a REAL doctor.” I guess it depends on your point of view – to some, the academic vs. professional track is more worthy. To me, anyone who can get through residency deserves special recognition.
I agree; they get that recognition every time they look at their bank balance.
Seriously though, in France, if I may still use that word, a medic would not be called a doctor because that person would not have a doctorate. In exceptional circumstances, he or she would have a doctorate and would be called doctor specifically for that reason.
As a matter of curiosity, does anybody know how the term doctor got to be used, in English speaking countries, by medical practioners without academic postgraduate degrees? One doesn’t have to be an intellectual snob to find this odd. Tiger Woods is very hard working, talented and good at what he does, but that doesn’t mean we should give him an Oscar or a doctorate, although it’s probably only a matter of time before he gets the latter as a gift. However good a historian might be, that’s no reason to give her an Olympic gold medal.
Given Paul’s original intent, perhaps my song proposal should be ‘The Raggle Taggle Medico’. sounds a lot more natural than doctor-o doesn’t it?
A sort of footnote to my previous post. In Australia, and elsewhere (?), when a medical specialists get to be extremely eminent, they give up the title of doctor and revert to Mr. or Ms. Most of these people deeply resent being called ‘doctor’ and make their feelings quite plain. Curious, eh?