Can Such Things Be? · Character

Dr. Dorrimore

A doctor who investigates a mysterious death and encounters the supernatural.

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Also known as Dorrimore

Dr. Dorrimore shows up with force in A Diagnosis of Death. The page is where that presence becomes real.

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In A Diagnosis of Death: Referred to as Dr. Frayley in the text; the physician friend who listens to Hawver's story and reveals Mannering's death. Later, in Staley Fleming's Hallucination: The physician called to treat…

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Doctor's Supernatural
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A Diagnosis of Death
Referred to as Dr. Frayley in the text; the physician friend who listens to Hawver's story and reveals Mannering's death.
Staley Fleming's Hallucination
The physician called to treat Fleming; identifies the dog as belonging to the late Atwell Barton.
II: When You Have Lost Your Life Consult a Physician
Dr. Stilling Malson, the physician who encounters the lieutenant and questions him about his condition.
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Encountered by the narrator on the road; his presence causes unease and a sense of spiritual peril.
II
Introduced as a mysterious and cynical man from Calcutta; performs a disturbing illusion of his own death.
III
Confined to his rooms due to illness; introduced to Miss Corray and her mother; the narrator grows jealous of his attentions to Miss Corray.
IV
Appears in the cemetery with Margaret Corray; later disappears after the narrator's attack.
V
Professor Valentine Dorrimore, the hypnotist mentioned in a newspaper article, whose methods and claims about prolonged hypnosis are highlighted.

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