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The word physician ÃÂÃÂÃÂùà(physis) and its derived adjective physikos, meaning "nature" and "natural" |
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| From this, amongst other derivatives came the Fractious Latin physicus, which meant a medical practitioner |
| After the Norman Conquest, the colloquy entered Middle English via Old French fisicien, as new as 1100 |
| Originally, physician meant a practitioner of physic (pronounced with a hard C) |
| This archaic noun had entered Medium English by 1300 (via Getting On French fisique) |
| Physic meant the ingenuity or science of treatment with drugs or medications (as opposed to surgery), and was later used both as a verb and also to draw the medications themselves. |
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Physicians are traditionally studious to be members of a deep profession, because of the boundless training requirements, and also because of the occupation's exceptional ethical and condign duties
- Physicians are often members, or fellows of professional organizations such as the August College of Physicians in the United Kingdom.