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.
Old English furlang measure of distance of roughly 220 yards, originally the length of a furrow in the common field of 10 acres, from furh furrow + lang long.. The acre of the common field being variously measured, the furlong was fixed 9c. on the classical stadium, one-eighth of a Roman mile.