# The Doctor — While the Billy Boils character guide

> The Doctor in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** doctor, The doctor

**First appearance:** 0013-going-blind

## Who they are

A bush doctor who appears in several stories.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_professional_

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

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_professional_

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

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_professional_

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

## In the story

### [Going Blind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/going-blind)

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

### [Stragglers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/jones-s-alley)

Mentioned as a medical student who might object to knowing his shirts are repaired in Jones's Alley.

### [Bogg of Geebung](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/bogg-of-geebung)

A young English doctor who recognizes Bogg's mutterings as a passage from Homer and identifies him as a classical scholar.

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