Basic Information

This is the Caste of those who concern themselves with the healing arts. Surgeons, medical researchers and health practitioners, are all member of this Caste. Universally they are recognized as non-combatants during time of war. Their Caste Color is Green.

It is mentioned first here in Tarnsman of Gor, the fact that medical knowledge is quite advanced.

Birth right gives you membership in the Caste, but that does not mean you may practice the craft. The Caste of Physicians requires a period of apprenticeship. Women of the caste are required to bear two children before they can fully practice medicine. It is thought, that in the intensity of learning their caste, women will neglect procreation. The future of the caste is dependent upon further births.

The Physicians have many duties beyond their basic medical practice and research. One common function of the Physicians is to examine slave girls that are about to be auctioned to determine their health, as well as confirm if the girl is a virgin or not. Another example is that within the city of Turia, members of the Caste of Physicians are called upon to be in the selection process of determining which of Turia's maidens will participate in the Games of the Love War.

The Caste has also been responsible for the invention of several devices. Examples of their technological invention were the tarn goad and the slave goad, developed in a joint venture with the Caste of Builders.

The Caste of Physicians have also developed stabilization serum, slave wine and breeding wine.