# Doctor Jolks — Uncle Silas character guide

> Doctor Jolks in Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jolks, Mrs. Jolks, Good Mrs. Jolks, young Jolks

**First appearance:** 0033-volume-i-xxxi-bartram-haugh

## Who they are

A local doctor and his family who attend to the Bartram household.

## In the story

### [A Friend Arises](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_silas_se/chapters/volume-ii-ix-a-friend-arises)

Treats Uncle Silas; explains the coma was due to an overdose of opium; also attends Meg Hawkes.

### [XV: Milly’s Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_silas_se/chapters/volume-ii-xv-milly-s-farewell)

Doctor Jolks reassures Maud about her health and dismisses her ghostly experience.

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