# Doctor Herzenstube — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Doctor Herzenstube in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Herzenstube

**First appearance:** 0095-part-iv-iii-the-medical-experts-and-a-pound-of-nuts

## Who they are

A kind-hearted German doctor in the town.

## In the story

### [III: The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iv-iii-the-medical-experts-and-a-pound-of-nuts)

An elderly local doctor and expert witness who declares Dmitri's mental faculties abnormal, but later provides a positive character note about Dmitri's good heart.

### [XIII: A Corrupter of Thought](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iv-xiii-a-corrupter-of-thought)

Mentioned for his kindhearted description of Dmitri's childhood poverty.

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