# The Doctor — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> The Doctor in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0056-the-death-of-ivan-ilyitch

## Who they are

A medical professional attending to characters like Ivan Ilyitch.

## Relationships

### [Ivan Ilyitch Golovin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/characters/ivan_ilyitch_golovin)

_professional_

Ivan Ilyitch, a dying judge, interacts with his doctors in a cold, detached, and dehumanizing professional relationship that highlights his isolation.

### [Ivan Ilyitch Golovin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/characters/ivan_ilyitch_golovin)

_professional_

Ivan Ilyitch, a dying judge, interacts with his doctors in a cold, detached, and dehumanizing professional relationship that highlights his isolation.

### [Ivan Ilyitch Golovin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/characters/ivan_ilyitch_golovin)

_professional_

Ivan Ilyitch, a dying judge, interacts with his doctors in a cold, detached, and dehumanizing professional relationship that highlights his isolation.

## In the story

### [Three Deaths](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/three-deaths)

Attends to the lady, taking her pulse and advising on the journey.

### [The Death of Ivan Ilyitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-death-of-ivan-ilyitch)

Treats Ivan Ilyitch with professional, detached efficiency, focusing on medical probabilities rather than the patient's fear, deepening Ivan's sense of abandonment.

### [The Young Tsar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-young-tsar)

Mentioned in a vision, attending to a boy dying from state-sanctioned alcoholism.

### [A Prayer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-prayer)

Attends the dying child; his silence and bowed head signify the hopelessness of the case.

### [Strawberries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/strawberries)

A Liberal doctor present at the dinner and debates. He is called to examine Gógo, prescribes bismuth, and is satisfied when the medicine appears successful.

### [God’s Way and Man’s](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/god-s-way-and-man-s)

Warned the General to avoid agitation for the sake of his heart.

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