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Doctor, doctor

¹ Fram, Frithsden Copse, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 2RG

SIR, - I was intrigued by David Hadrill's letter (VR, November 5, 2005, vol 157, p 600) putting the case for veterinary surgeons to be given the title Dr. Like him, I worked overseas, although only for a short time, and I soon accepted being addressed as Dr.

The idea that because someone with a PHD `worked for his title "Dr";' there is an implication that veterinary students do not work for their qualification is absurd. Apart from anything else, statistics suggest that it is easier to obtain a place in a medical college than in a veterinary college. Nor do I think that the case for being called Dr is advanced by the views of one ignorant policeman.

A change to the title Dr brings with it all the confusion currently borne by medical doctors of being indistinguishable from DSCs and PHDs in innumerable non-medical subjects. We should also remember that human surgeons bear the title `Mr' (or its female equivalents). In lighter vein, let us not forget that to `doctor' something is to interfere with it in some reprehensible way, but to `vet' something is to examine it very thoroughly.

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