Once I learned that the title "Grand High Mocus" had already been claimed (by a character in the comic strip Pogo, I believe), I sort of lost interest.
The best reply I've heard to the claim sometimes heard that physicians are the only "real doctors" came from a psychiatrist colleague who worked in a medical school. He said "Professors were being called doctors when physicians were still being called barbers." His explanation was that, in the US, the title "Dr." was pushed by the AMA early in the 20th century as a credibility-building PR move. There were so many quacks around that they needed the prestige they could borrow from the academic world to re-assert their legitimacy. Does anybody care to share the etimology of the world "doctor?" Michael Michael J. Renner Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Nazareth College 4245 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618 Voice: +1.585.389.2391 Fax: +1.585.389.2392 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
