Razumihin's doctor friend, brought into Raskolnikov's sickroom when fever and delirium make ordinary explanations fail. He observes, diagnoses, and speculates with professional calm, but the case before him is as moral and criminal as it is medical.
Part III, Chapter I
As Raskolnikov's doctor he takes a cool, clinical interest in the case, half-suspecting that his patient's mind is more diseased than his body.
Part III, Chapter III
His medical presence overlaps with the arrival of Dounia and Pulcheria Alexandrovna, turning Raskolnikov's illness into a family crisis as well as a private collapse.
Epilogue
At the trial, medical testimony helps frame the crime through abnormal mental condition rather than simple calculation.
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