To Kill a Mockingbird heck tate called a doctor?

Heck Tate is the sheriff of Maycomb County, and he is friends with Atticus Finch. During Tom Robinson's trial for the rape of Mayella, Atticus notes that after the alleged assault, "folks were doing a lot of running round that night. Did anybody think to call for a doctor?" He asks Heck Tate and Mayella's father this question.