a1776 R. James (1778) 42 For the sake..of the navy-surgeons, and those committed to their care.
1843 R. J. Graves xi. 118 [Salivation] has been also very extensively recommended by army and navy surgeons, in the treatment of tropical fevers.
2001 (Nexis) 20 June 18 He was able to masquerade as..a Trappist monk, a deputy prison warden and even a Canadian Navy surgeon.