# The Doctor — The Hashish Eater character guide

> The Doctor in The Hashish Eater by Fitz Hugh Ludlow.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Doctor

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-under-the-shadow-of-esculapius

## Who they are

The apothecary friend whose curtained sanctum of gallipots, tweezers, and materia medica becomes the narrator's trusted laboratory for testing every exhilarant the shelves can yield.

## In the story

### [I: The Night Entrance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/i-the-night-entrance)

The apothecary friend who provides the Cannabis Indica and warns the narrator.

### [II: Under the Shadow of Esculapius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/ii-under-the-shadow-of-esculapius)

Dr. H. examines the narrator, dismisses his fears, and provides a sedative powder.

### [III: The Kingdom of the Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/iii-the-kingdom-of-the-dream)

Mentioned as Dr. H., the only person to whom the narrator betrayed his hashish experiment.

### [Concerning the Doctor; Not Southey’s, but Mine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/xxi-concerning-the-doctor-not-southey-s-but-mine)

The narrator's friend and physician who provided spiritual and emotional support, helping him find meaning beyond the mechanical routine of life.

### [Ideal Men and Their Stimulants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/ideal-men-and-their-stimulants)

Dr. J.W. Palmer is introduced as a medical man who successfully cured severe opium-eaters, including a case more extreme than De Quincey's.

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