# Dr. Pillsbury — Looking Backward character guide

> Dr. Pillsbury in Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

A physician who attends to Julian West in the 19th century.

## In the story

### [Chapter II: The Mesmeric Trance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/looking_backward_se/chapters/ii)

A quack doctor and mesmerist who puts Julian into a trance; he is leaving Boston for a new opportunity.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/looking_backward_se/chapters/xxiii)

Mentioned humorously by Julian as someone who could not have put him to sleep that night.

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