Drss.

A form of doctress — A female doctor, chiefly a physician.

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noun
  1. abbreviationobsoleterareAbbreviation of doctress; a title used for a female doctor.

    Drss. Gœway presents an essay on dysmenorrhœa.

    1880, in The Homœopathic News, Volume 9, p. 81 (Google Books view)
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    The Cleveland College and Hospital for Women sends us their third announcement. The faculty are: G.H. Blair, on Practice; Drss. Merrick, on Midwifery; Saunders, on Surgery; Brush, Chemistry; Cyriax; Materia Medica; Boynton, Physiology, Pathology and Microscopy; Brown, Anatomy; Chase, Jurisprudence; and Drss. Canfield, Demonstrator

    1870, in The United States Medial Investigator. A Monthly Journal of the Medical Sciences, Volume 7, p. 614 (Google Books view)

    Drss. Ella R. Swinney of Smyrna, Del., has been appointed medical missionary to Shanghai, China, by the Baptist Board.

    1883, in American Observer Medical Monthly, Volume 20, p. 240 (Google Books view)

    Synonyms: Doctrix

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