The Magic Mountain · Character

Dr. Heidekind

The family doctor who examines Hans Castorp in Hamburg before his journey.

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First appearance: At Tienappels’, and of Young Hans’s Moral State

Dr. Heidekind shows up with force in Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Attending physician for both of Hans Castorp's parents, diagnosing the mother's embolus and caring for the father during his fatal pneumonia.

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In Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise: Attending physician for both of Hans Castorp's parents, diagnosing the mother's embolus and caring for the father during his fatal pneumonia. Later,…

Later, in At Tienappels’, and of Young Hans’s Moral State: The family doctor who prescribes porter for Hans's anaemia and, later, insists on a complete change of air to the high mountains before Hans begins his practical training.

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Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise
Attending physician for both of Hans Castorp's parents, diagnosing the mother's embolus and caring for the father during his fatal pneumonia.
At Tienappels’, and of Young Hans’s Moral State
The family doctor who prescribes porter for Hans's anaemia and, later, insists on a complete change of air to the high mountains before Hans begins his practical training.

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