physician associate / physician

English translation: assistant physician

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English term or phrase:physician associate / physician
Selected answer:assistant physician
Entered by: Jack Doughty

07:51 Dec 10, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
History / medicine
English term or phrase: physician associate / physician
Dear native English speakers!

I am translating an extract from a text written in the early 18th century, where a man who studied medicine was first appointed as a doctor's assistance, and then, after a period of time, he became a doctor.

I'm looking for English terms that were most typical for the 18th century and may look somewhat old-fashioned today.

Being no native English speaker, I can't be sure which of the following terms are the best to meet this requirement. Please advice!

physician associate / physician
physician assistance / physician
assistant physician / physician
doctor's assistance / doctor
doctor's associate / doctor
auxiliary doctor / doctor
medical assistant / medic(?)

Should anybody come up with any other terms that would look somewhat old-fashioned, I'll appreciate that very much!
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 17:14
assistant physician
Explanation:
I found this used as an official title for posts held by many eminent doctors in the 18th century, e.g.:
Patriotism and Poetry in Eighteenth-Century Britain
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0521009596
Dustin Griffin - 2005 - ‎History
... in September 1761 one of the places as Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen. ... was Physician at St. Thomas's Hospital and Assistant Physician at the school of ...
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:14
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Thanks for your help Jack!
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assistant physician


Explanation:
I found this used as an official title for posts held by many eminent doctors in the 18th century, e.g.:
Patriotism and Poetry in Eighteenth-Century Britain
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0521009596
Dustin Griffin - 2005 - ‎History
... in September 1761 one of the places as Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen. ... was Physician at St. Thomas's Hospital and Assistant Physician at the school of ...

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:14
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Thanks for your help Jack!
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Asker: Thank you Jack!

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