Physician

A physician (or medical doctor, a practitioner of a specialty listed by the national Board of Medical Specialties) who practices medicine or osteopathic medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury. This is accomplished through a detailed knowledge of anatomy, physiology, diseases and treatment — the science of medicine — and its applied practice — the art or craft of medicine.

Quotes

• Thou speak’st like a physician, Helicanus,
  That ministers a potion unto me
  That thou wouldst tremble to receive thyself.
  • William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre (c. 1607/8), act 1, sc. 2 (Pericles)

See also

• Health care
• Hippocratic Oath
• Medical drama
• Medical ethics
• Medical malpractice
• Medical school
• Medicine