# The Doctor — Short Fiction character guide

> The Doctor in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0039-memoirs-of-a-madman

## Who they are

A physician who examines the madman in Memoirs of a Madman.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/i)

The physician who attends Tchartkoff during his final illness and tries to understand his hallucinations.

### [The Nose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/the-nose)

A physician who examines Kovaloff after the nose's return.

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