surgion

Foure of them taking hold of the shippe were for pities sake taken vp againe by Maister Foster and his men, not knowing what they were: all the Spaniards bosomes were stuft with paper, to defend them from the shot, and these foure hauing some wounds were dressed by the surgion of the shippe.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

We feare more the cure then the disease, the surgion then the paine, the stroke then the impostume.

A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier Robert Garnier 1591

Foure of them taking hold of the shippe were for pities sake taken vp againe by Maister Foster and his men, not knowing what they were: all the Spaniards bosomes were stuft with paper, to defend them from the shot, and these foure hauing some wounds were dressed by the surgion of the shippe.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain Richard Hakluyt 1584

I now do not have a doctor, my surgion has moved and there is no support in Calgary that I know of.

Serendip's Exchange - 2009