felcher

• Plus, of course, that felcher Brown, and his badger-faced sockpuppet, are planning to raise both sets of contributions by 0. 5\% in 2010. —  British Blogs
• We immediately sent for him and in answer to our inquiries he explained as nearly as possible just what a felcher was It seems that in Russia, outside the large cities and communities, there is a great scarcity of regularly licensed medical practitioners, many of these latter upon graduation enter the army where the pay is fairly good and the work comparatively easy, the rest of them enter the cities where, of course, practice is larger and the remuneration much better than would be possible in a small community.
• These facts developed in the smaller communities the use of certain second-rate students of medicine or anyone having a smattering of medical knowledge, called felchers In many cases the felcher is an old soldier who has traveled around the world a bit; and from his association in the army hospitals with doctors and students has picked up the technique of dressing wounds, setting broken bones and administering physic.
• A felcher was called to assist me with treatment and bandaging, so that I was able to walk again three days later. —  Beasts, Men and Gods
• First aid given by a Russian felcher. —  The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919

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