# Dr. Frobisher — The Lost Stradivarius character guide

> Dr. Frobisher in The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Snapshot

The physician who tends Sir John at Worth, insisting the mind is sound while the body wastes, and prescribing rest that never quite restores.

## Who they are

Frobisher moves between the sickroom and Sophy's confidence, the one voice of medical authority in a house quietly coming apart. He can account for his patient's exhausted vitality only by guessing at excessive study or severe trouble, never suspecting the stranger causes at work. His reassurances that Sir John's brain is clear as his own become a quiet irony the reader learns to weigh against what the nights at Worth conceal.

## Relationships

### [John Maltravers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_stradivarius_se/characters/john_maltravers)

_professional_

Dr. Frobisher is John's physician and confidant, trying to diagnose and treat John's mysterious psychological decline.

### [Sir Edward Maltravers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_stradivarius_se/characters/sir_edward_maltravers)

_professional_

Dr. Frobisher reports to Sir Edward about John's condition, acting as a medical consultant to the family.

### [Adrian Temple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_stradivarius_se/characters/adrian_temple)

_friendship_

Adrian and Dr. Frobisher share a collegial friendship, both trying to understand and help John.

### [Mr. Gaskell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_stradivarius_se/characters/mr_gaskell)

_professional_

Dr. Frobisher and Gaskell coordinate care for John, with Gaskell providing practical support and Frobisher medical oversight.

### [Mr. Gaskell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_stradivarius_se/characters/mr_gaskell)

_professional_

Dr. Frobisher and Gaskell coordinate care for John, with Gaskell providing practical support and Frobisher medical oversight.

## In the story

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_stradivarius_se/chapters/xv)

Examines John in London; diagnoses advanced lung disease and heart affection; recommends London residence but John refuses.

### [Mr. Gaskell’s Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_stradivarius_se/chapters/mr-gaskell-s-note)

One of the doctors who negatived the hypothesis of insanity.

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