One of the arrogant Petersburg physicians called to find a cure for Ivan Ilyich's ailment, who never concerns himself with the patient's suffering but rather aims to solve a scientific puzzle by asking, 'is it this organ or that disease?' He is an abstract mirror of the cold mechanism Ivan once applied to criminals in his career, now applied to Ivan himself through his health.
A respected and expensive doctor in the capital, St. Petersburg. His name is rarely mentioned specifically in the book, but his symbol is significant.
Lively, vigorous, well-fed, cheerful, wearing a frock coat; the typical portrait of a scientific authority who rubs his hands together and peers over his spectacles.
Praskovya Fedorovna
An ally he uses for his own narrative purposes through formal flattery to make his job easier.
İvan İlyiç Golovin
His patient, whom he views only as an object, a medical file to be solved/managed.