Travel Essays · Character

The Doctor

A medical professional encountered during travels.

minor

Also known as the Doctor, the doctor

The Doctor's tie to The Officer is one of the pressures that moves Travel Essays—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Sought for the sick man but not found in his cabin; later said to be in the smoking-room.

The Doctor first appears in 0000 an inland voyage.

With The Officer (professional): The Doctor and The Officer interact in a military or institutional setting, likely as medical and command personnel.

In The Sick Man: Sought for the sick man but not found in his cabin; later said to be in the smoking-room.

Later, in Personal Experience and Review: One of the officers aware of the narrator's true identity, treating him as a joke.

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The Officer
professional · ambivalent
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