While the Billy Boils · Character

The Doctor

A bush doctor who appears in several stories.

minor

Also known as doctor, The doctor

First appearance: Going Blind

The Doctor's tie to The Narrator is one of the pressures that moves While the Billy Boils—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Doctors at the hospital tell Jack they might improve his sight and hearing but cannot guarantee a cure.

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With The Narrator (professional): The Doctor is a medical professional who treats the narrator or others in the bush, often with a weary pragmatism. With The Narrator (professional): The Doctor is a medical professional who treats the narrator or others in the bush, often with a weary pragmatism. With The Narrator (professional): The Doctor is a medical professional who treats the narrator or others in the bush, often with a weary pragmatism.

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See The Doctor in Going Blind

Character Web

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Relationship types

Professional
Other

Character groups

Comic Bush Neighbors
Protagonist
Recurring Bush Archetypes
Minor and Named Bush Characters
Family and Mystery Figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

The Narrator
professional · ambivalent
The Doctor is a medical professional who treats the narrator or others in the bush, often… How this plays out →
The Narrator
professional · ambivalent
The Doctor is a medical professional who treats the narrator or others in the bush, often… How this plays out →
The Narrator
professional · ambivalent
The Doctor is a medical professional who treats the narrator or others in the bush, often… How this plays out →

Relationship notes

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See The Doctor in Going Blind

In the story

The Doctor appears across 5 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Going Blind
Doctors at the hospital tell Jack they might improve his sight and hearing but cannot guarantee a cure.
Stragglers
Mentioned indirectly as the source of medicine and bush medical advice that 'The Wreck' goes to the station to obtain.
The Union Buries Its Dead
Not explicitly named, but the priest officiating the burial is described as a pale, quiet young fellow.
Jones's Alley
Mentioned as a medical student who might object to knowing his shirts are repaired in Jones's Alley.
Bogg of Geebung
A young English doctor who recognizes Bogg's mutterings as a passage from Homer and identifies him as a classical scholar.

Chapter companion notes

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See The Doctor in Going Blind