serjeant-surgeon

Updated: August 12, 2026

"This surgeon, whose name I have forgot, though I remember it began with an R, had the first character in his profession, and was serjeant-surgeon to the king. He had moreover many good qualities, and was a very generous good-natured man, and ready to do any service to his fellow-creatures.

Henry Fielding - History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

We lose the right of complaining sometimes by forbearing it; but we often treble the force: The surgeon was astonished; but much more so, when he heard my uncle Toby go on, and peremptorily insist upon his healing up the wound directly, or sending for Monsieur Ronjat, the king's serjeant-surgeon, to do it for him.

Laurence Sterne - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman