feldscher

• feldsher

Russian, from German feldscher.

feldscher (plural feldschers)

1. (historical) In Russia, one with practical but not formal medical training.
   • 1893, Frank Gerard Clemow, The Cholera Epidemic of 1892 in the Russian Empire‎, page 73:

     They were ordered to provide the following accommodation; one male ward with ten beds and one with six, one female ward with four beds; two rooms for the medical staff; one for the Sister of Mercy; rooms for the feldschers and other attendants; a room for carrying out disinfection; bathroom, kitchen and offices.

   • 1906 February 17, The Lancet, page 475:

     In Russian military hospitals the subordinate duty is performed by a body of men who are designated feldschers.

   • 1954, Avrahm Yarmolinsky, An unpleasantness‎, translation of original by Anton Chekhov:

     "How stupid, how stupid!" the doctor muttered, when the feldscher was gone.