DCHP-1 Online
saddlebag doctor Hist. 
n. in the early days of settlement in the West, a doctor who did his rounds on horseback, carrying his instruments, medicines, etc. in his saddlebags.
See also: saddlebag surgeon
- 1957 There were [in Upper Canada] circuit-riding clergymen, saddle-bag doctors, and self-sacrificing mid-wives.
- 1957 There were [in Upper Canada] circuit-riding clergymen, saddle-bag doctors, and self-sacrificing mid-wives.