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What are the sacred titles of doctors?

Southerners call doctors doctors. LangZhongBen is the official name, that is, the general name of the royal attendants. Its duties were originally to escort, accompany, advise, prepare consultants and send them at any time. It began in the Warring States and was ruled by Qin and Han Dynasties. Later generations served as assistant ministers, doctors, foreign ministers and other important positions in various ministries.

A sitting doctor is a Chinese medicine practitioner who feels the pulse of a patient in a Chinese medicine shop. Sitting doctor originated in Han Dynasty. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Han Dynasty, was the magistrate of Changsha. On the fifteenth day of every month, he sits in the hospital and practices medicine, taking nothing. In order to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing's lofty medical ethics and superb medical skills, many Chinese medicine shops later nicknamed him "a certain hall" and called the doctor sitting in the pharmacy "sitting on a doctor".

It was not until modern times that doctors became the general term for doctors.

Japan was called doctor, doctor and teacher after Meiji.

Traditional American doctors are called physicians. At the same time, according to different professional fields, they are called physicians, surgeons and doctors.

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In medieval Europe, the social status of doctors was improved. Because it is an important occupation related to human life, it has been given a special position in specialized technical posts. However, at that time, due to the influence of China's Confucianism, doctors' social status was equivalent to that of masons, which was considered as a menial job. The social status of North Korean doctors is often lower than that of senior prostitutes.

Doctors in India exist as the ruling class and only take care of people of noble descent. In Japan, doctors are called pharmacists and are closely related to religion. In the edo period, their social status depended on the samurai class.

Reference materials? Baidu encyclopedia-doctor