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Robert · 08-31-2008, 07:26 AM

Thanks for the reply mem286.

"Town surgeon" to my ears at least, either sounds somewhat historical, from a American Western movie perhaps or from Victorian England or earlier or is being used purely descriptively, i.e. a surgeon practising in a small town.

The text I'm looking at is in modern South American times where at least reasonably modern hospitals and medical facilities exist.

Could he be described just as a "general surgeon"?

08-31-2008, 07:26 AM	#3
Robert Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 49	Re: cirujano del pueblo Thanks for the reply mem286. "Town surgeon" to my ears at least, either sounds somewhat historical, from a American Western movie perhaps or from Victorian England or earlier or is being used purely descriptively, i.e. a surgeon practising in a small town. The text I'm looking at is in modern South American times where at least reasonably modern hospitals and medical facilities exist. Could he be described just as a "general surgeon"?