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cauterer

German translation: someone who practises cauterizing

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English term or phrase:cauterer
German translation:someone who practises cauterizing
Entered by: Dave Calderhead

00:45 May 29, 2006
English to German translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: cauterer
Finde nur vage Hinweise - es ist auf jeden Fall eine Berufsbezeichnung, etwas Ähnliches wie ein Bader oder Barbier vielleicht ... Kontext ist England, 16. Jh.

Weiss jemand Genaueres?

Danke!
Sandra Becker
Germany
Local time: 23:01
someone who practises cauterizing
Explanation:
which is sealing a wound by searing it with heat or a caustic substance

a painful but effetive way of stopping any further loss of blood after surgery of some sort.

the cauterer was probably a surgeons assistant

see OED:

cautery /"k<revc>:t(<schwa>)ri/ n.LME. [L cauterium f. Gk kauterion branding-iron, f. kaiein to burn.]
1 A metal instrument or caustic substance for searing tissue.
LME.
2 The action of cauterizing. LME.
1 actual cautery arch. a hot iron for cauterizing.
potential cautery arch. a caustic substance used for cauterizing.



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Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 23:01
Grading comment
Thanks again!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +4someone who practises cauterizing
Dave Calderhead


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someone who practises cauterizing


Explanation:
which is sealing a wound by searing it with heat or a caustic substance

a painful but effetive way of stopping any further loss of blood after surgery of some sort.

the cauterer was probably a surgeons assistant

see OED:

cautery /"k<revc>:t(<schwa>)ri/ n.LME. [L cauterium f. Gk kauterion branding-iron, f. kaiein to burn.]
1 A metal instrument or caustic substance for searing tissue.
LME.
2 The action of cauterizing. LME.
1 actual cautery arch. a hot iron for cauterizing.
potential cautery arch. a caustic substance used for cauterizing.





Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 23:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jccantrell: Was my thought too. Barbers were originally billed as "barber and surgeon" so, yeah, the guy who now sweeps up the cut hair used to slap hot iron on the surgeries!
1 hr
  -> Thanks, JC (:-{)> always handy if the shave gets too close!
agree  David Knowles
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, David (:-{)>
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marju (:-{)>
agree  Christopher Crockett: Interesting that "cauterer" does *not* seem to appear in the OED, however.
1 day 12 hrs
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