A psychiatrist is a physician â doctor of medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) â who specializes in mental health. This type of doctor may further specialize in areas such as child and adolescent, geriatric, or addiction psychiatry. A psychiatrist can: Diagnose and treat mental health disorders.
The furlong is an old English unit of distance that is still regularly used in horse racing. A furlong is 660 feet, which is one-eighth of a mile. Continue Reading.
This was more precisely defined as a strip of land âone furrow longâ (i.e. one furlong) and one furlong wide. The length of one furlong was equal to 10 chains, or 40 rods. A area of one furlong times 10 rods was one rood.