Chapter XVIII
The man-midwife and scientific operator who wrote a book on midwifery; he is to be paid five guineas for his consultation.
Chapter VI
Is sent for by Walter Shandy to attend the birth.
Chapter VIII
The man-midwife sent for; encountered by Obadiah almost immediately, with a dirty and nearly tragic proof of the meeting.
Chapter IX
Described as a squat, uncourtly figure with a broad back and large belly, riding a small pony; he falls into the mire after a collision with Obadiah.
Chapter X
Enters the parlour covered in mud and blotches after a fall, standing motionless like Hamlet's ghost.
Chapter XI
The doctor who has suffered an overthrow and is preparing to deliver Tristram, but has left his instruments behind.
Chapter XII
Arrives suddenly, makes a pun about curtains, and is corrected by Toby on fortification terms.
XIII
Speculates that the principle is in a family way.
Chapter XIV
Interjects with his own experience of viewing the chariot and dismisses Peireskius's efforts.
Chapter XV
Mentioned as having no objection to Trim reading the sermon.
Chapter XVI
Expresses no objection to the text but looks angry when Trim's remark puts the audience in good humor.
Chapter XVII
Criticizes Trim's comments during the reading and debates sermon styles with Walter.
Chapter XVIII
Clears up his looks and proposes sending upstairs to check on Mrs. Shandy; argues for greater paternal authority in childbirth.
Chapter XIX
Dr. Slop, the man-midwife whose forceps and writings align with Walter's hypothesis, forming an alliance with Walter.
Chapter I
Confounded by Uncle Toby's wish, unable to rally his thoughts.
Chapter VII
Stamping, cursing, and damning at Obadiah.
Chapter VIII
His green bag of instruments is tied up by Obadiah, requiring patience to unloose.
Chapter IX
Dr. Slop examines his bag and muses on the knots, then is startled by a noise from Mrs. Shandy's room.
Chapter X
Struggles with knots, cuts his thumb, and is given the Ernulphus excommunication to read.
Chapter XI
Reads the excommunication curse aloud, defending its severity.
Chapter XIII
Has cut his thumb; refuses to go upstairs to the midwife and parodies Uncle Toby's hobbyhorse.
Chapter XV
Nearly wins the argument but fumbles with his forceps and squirt.
Chapter XVI
Defends his forceps and technique, blaming Toby's grip and suggesting the instrument could safely extract a child.
Chapter XVII
Argues with the midwife about the baby's presentation and proceeds to Mrs. Shandy's apartments.
Chapter XVIII
Mentioned as having recently arrived with Obadiah, marking the short time span that feels long to Walter.
Chapter XX
Engaged with the midwife and Mrs. Shandy above stairs.
Chapter XXIII
Is in the kitchen, puzzling over making a bridge.
Chapter XXVI
Reported to be in the kitchen making a bridge, though the nature of the bridge is ambiguous.
Chapter XXXVIII
Mentioned as being threatened with crucifixion.
Chapter XLI
Referenced in connection with the affair of Ernulphus's curse.
Chapter XIII
Referenced as being led into the back parlour by Obadiah.
Chapter XVII
Made more of the accident than necessary, contributing to Tristram's ongoing costs.
Chapter XXVII
Mentioned as the one to send for regarding herbs.
Chapter XXXIX
Waddles in just as the corporal was about to begin; diagnoses the boy's condition as a phimosis.
Chapter XL
Engages in the debate about radical heat and moisture, criticizing Trim's understanding.
XLI
Called out to look at a cataplasm he had ordered.
Chapter III
Engages in a heated argument with Susannah, makes an indecent gesture, and throws a cataplasm in her face after his wig is burned.
Chapter IV
Files a crossbill against Susannah in the parlour and then helps prepare a fomentation.
Chapter XIV
Accused by Walter Shandy of exaggerating Susannah's accident for self-promotion.
Chapter XX
Left to the full profits of all Tristram's dishonours.
Chapter XV
Explains that the blind gut lies between the ilium and colon, and states it is the same in men and women.
Chapter XXXII
Laughs intemperately at the exchange, contributing to the derailment of Walter's discourse.
Chapter XXXIII
Triumphantly declares that virginity fills paradise.
Chapter XXXIV
Jeers at Trim's knowledge of women and is unable to stand Walter's attack on nuns and Beguines.
Chapter X
Mentioned as having been overthrown by Obadiah at the garden wall.
Chapter XXVI
Dr. Slop is mentioned as having been asked by Mrs. Wadman about Uncle Toby's recovery, but he is unable to give a clear definition.
Chapter XXXIII
Suggests the cow may be barren or that Obadiah's wife may have delivered prematurely, and asks if the child has hair.
