[scoot]

I found it amusing to learn that, in some parts of the world, surgeons are conferred the title of Mr, Miss, Mrs or Ms as preferential to Dr, as if above the petty nonsense of using "Dr" as a social differentiator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon#Titles

And now we are wildly off-topic!

[derleth]

Also because surgeons were manual laborers, and therefore not accorded the same respect as gentleman physicians.

[mcguire]

A fact that you can gain no end of entertainment from, if you keep reminding your surgeon friends of it.