To be fair, similar professional jealousy is also the exact reason why "Doctor" in English refers to a physician. In the late 1800s, physicians felt that they

To be fair, similar professional jealousy is also the exact reason why "Doctor" in English refers to a physician. In the late 1800s, physicians felt that they as a profession didn't get enough respect, and decided to exclusively refer to each other as "Doctor", and require that patients refer to them that way as well. The terminal medical degree was renamed from "Bachelor of Medicine" to "Medical Doctor" as part of the same movement.