suttas referring to the buddha as physician

I would like to have references to suttas in which the buddha is referred to as a physician and the dharma as medicine. Thank you very much!

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Dhamma as medicine: Majhima Nikaya 105, Anguttara Nikaya 10.108, Milinda 335:

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/miln/miln.5x.olen.html

Also in tradition the Buddha is referred to as a physician because different remedies are applied to different afflictions:

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel026.html

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Referred to as a surgeon (sallakatta) in MN 92/Thig 16.6, Iti 100, Snp 3.7

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