# Old Doctor John-Luis — Short Fiction character guide

> Old Doctor John-Luis in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Doctor John-Luis

**First appearance:** 0013-a-wizard-from-gettysburg

## Who they are

An elderly physician who serves the Creole community.

## In the story

### [Mamouche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/mamouche)

A bachelor who lives alone on a farm, he takes in Mamouche, learns his lineage, and decides to raise him as his own child.

### [Polydore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/polydore)

Attends to Mamzelle Adélaïde during her illness.

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