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* ''VideoGame/TheQuarry'' combines this with SelfSurgery; Laura, who's not even in school yet to be a veterinarian, is forced to patch up her own [[EyeScream eye after her [[spoiler:werewolf boyfriend slashes her face]].]]

* In the webtoon ''Webcomic/Lackadaisy'' when {{The Big Guy}}, Viktor, gets injured in a fight Ivy calls the local horse doctor for help.

* In the webtoon ''Webcomic/Lackadaisy'' when {{TheBigGuy}}, Viktor, gets injured in a fight Ivy calls the local horse doctor for help.

* In the webtoon {{Lackadaisy}} when {{TheBigGuy}}, Viktor, gets injured in a fight Ivy calls the local horse doctor for help.

* In the webtoon ''Webcomic/Lackadaisy'' when {{TheBigGuy}}, Viktor, gets injured in a fight Ivy calls the local horse doctor for help.

* ComicBook/DoctorStrange is sometimes roped by his fellow superheroes into carrying out medical procedures on the wounded in emergencies, usually over his fervent protests that he's a neurosurgeon specifically, and years out of practice besides (he had to retire after a car accident maimed his hands and left him unable to hold a scalpel steady; accordingly, when forced to do surgery nowadays, he has to use magic or give instructions to others). He's usually able to serve adequately enough, thought he tends to also insist that his patient seek proper care once the current crisis is resolved.

* ''Webcomic/Lackadaisy'': Another gang of cats tries to break into the Lackadaisy speakeasy and Viktor, who's currently the bartender thanks to his bad knee, takes down a few of them but still gets injured. Ivy has to call the local horse doctor for him since taking him to a hospital would arouse suspicion. Thankfully Viktor is almost as big as a horse.

* ''WebComic/Lackadaisy'': Another gang of cats tries to break into the Lackadaisy speakeasy and Viktor, who's currently the bartender thanks to his bad knee, takes down a few of them but still gets injured. Ivy has to call the local horse doctor for him since taking him to a hospital would arouse suspicion. Thankfully Viktor is almost as big as a horse.

* ''Webcomic/Lackadaisy'': Another gang of cats tries to break into the Lackadaisy speakeasy and Viktor, who's currently the bartender thanks to his bad knee, takes down a few of them but still gets injured. Ivy has to call the local horse doctor for him since taking him to a hospital would arouse suspicion. Thankfully Viktor is almost as big as a horse.

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Because Transformers are giant robots, the boundary between "engineering" and "medicine" is naturally somewhat porous. This is best exemplified when Whirl, a former watchmaker, performs the equivalent of a heart transplant on [[spoiler:a freshly constructed Megatron]], out of spite. For bonus points, since he hasn't had his empurata surgery reversed [[spoiler:and never does]], he's performing said surgery with only one eye and using hands that are basically just scissors. It works perfectly.

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* In the film ''Film/BabyBoom'', Diane Keaton's character gets treated by a veterinarian during her time in Vermont.

* In the final episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Daphne's baby is delivered by a veterinarian. Nobody even suggests that Niles (who must have a medical degree if he is practicing as a psychiatrist) might be a better choice. [[note]] In an earlier episode, Niles and Frasier attempt to deliver a baby, being the only doctors of any sort on hand for the emergency, and fail miserably; the child is born naturally without their active assistance. It is revealed of Niles that he only opted to specialise in psychiatry after he realised that surgery and the sight of blood made him very queasy indeed.[[/note]]

* In the JimBelushi movie ''[[Film/{{K91989}} K-9]]'', Belushi's character brings his partner, a police dog, into a human emergency room for treatment when the latter is shot.

** There's several very good reasons that vets are the best medical help around in a lot of Zombie fiction. Vets are less likely to be in the hospitals that are likely to be epicentres; they're trained in how to stop large, uncooperative animals from biting them, and they're well used to jerry rigging equipment that wasn't made for what they need it to do.

* A massive car crash in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "A Chansey Operation" anime results in a full Pokémon Center that is forced to send excess Pokémon to a human hospital and a doctor who prescribes superglue for everything he can get away with.

* During the Second World War, U.S. Army dentists assigned to combat units frequently stood-in for surgeons at battalion aid stations. [[http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2981/salomon-ben-l.php Benjamin Soloman]] would receive a posthumous Medal of Honor.

, where his character calls himself "Doc the Heywood"

* More or less the entire point of the Don Knotts vehicle ''Film/TheShakiestGunInTheWest''.

To a ''very'' limited extent this is justified, as medical doctors in different specialties do all go through basic medical training[[note]]For instance, while you can't expect an eye doctor to conduct a heart or liver transplant, they can be realistically expected to diagnose a heart or epilepsy attack, provide competent first aid, stitch up a wound, assist in childbirth, and so on.[[/note]], and some of the skills of one discipline cross over. A bit.[[note]]In general, the more specific a procedure, the more specialized the doctor has to be (for instance, a vet will likely be skilled enough to sew up a superficial wound in the skin, but won't be able to perform surgery for a shattered ankle).[[/note]] Oftentimes a subtrope of ClosestThingWeGot, if the dentist's employed in an emergency. Compare BackAlleyDoctor, who may or may not be a licensed practitioner of medicine, but could still save your life if worst comes to worst. Compare/contrast with SuperDoc when you can actually find a genuine doctor who is more like medicine's answer to the OmnidisciplinaryScientist. See also SurgeonsCanDoAutopsiesIfTheyWant.