# The Doctor — Resurrection character guide

> The Doctor in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0051-xlviii

## Who they are

A prison doctor who examines the convicts.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as part of the police station visits where women were examined by government doctors.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/i)

The inspector (possibly the doctor) is mentioned in Nekhlúdoff's dream-like thoughts.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xiii)

A young doctor saturated with carbolic acid who initially is severe but relents and allows Nekhlúdoff to see Máslova.

### [Chapter XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxix)

Head doctor who ordered Máslova's removal from the hospital after the incident with the medical assistant.

### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxxvii)

Examines the second dead convict, explains the cause of death as sunstroke due to sudden exposure after confinement, and dismisses Nekhlúdoff's questions.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxvi)

Mentioned as the medical assistant who has not visited the sick prisoners for a fortnight.

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