# Monsieur Canivet — Madame Bovary character guide

> Monsieur Canivet in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Canivet, Dr. Canivet

**First appearance:** 0023-part-ii-xiii

## Who they are

A surgeon from Neufchâtel called in for consultations.

## In the story

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/madame_bovary_se/chapters/part-ii-xi)

The brash, celebrated surgeon from Neufchâtel who condemns Charles's operation as a dangerous Parisian folly and performs the amputation.

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