# Dr. Blumenkohl — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Dr. Blumenkohl in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the silent Dr. Blumenkohl

**First appearance:** 0012-breakfast

## Who they are

A silent, morose patient who sits at Hans Castorp's dining table and later dies.

## In the story

### [A Word Too Much](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/a-word-too-much)

Identified as the worst case at their table, a young man from Odessa with a careworn air who has been at the sanatorium for years.

### [Of Course, a Female!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/of-course-a-female)

Eats silently and copiously; exits temporarily during the meal, prompting Frau Stöhr's cruel comment, then returns to continue eating with a melancholy air.

### [The Thermometer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/the-thermometer)

Passively joined in the table's reaction to Hans Castorp's fever, as prompted by Frau Stöhr.

### [Whims of Mercurius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/whims-of-mercurius)

The silent recipient of Frau Stöhr's nudging during the curtain-drawing incident, part of the social audience for Hans's act.

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