person
Ordinart Ordinarovich Chechott
Chechott
also: Чечотт, Chechott
A prominent St. Petersburg psychiatrist and nerve specialist of Chekhov's own day, named alongside Merzheyevsky as a doctor Tolkachov jokingly considers consulting about his own nerves -- a real-world professional reference used for comic grounding within a fictional farce, not a fictional-doctor character.
Reading notes
- A Tragedian in Spite of Himself §31 Chechott or Merzheyevsky
Both real historical St. Petersburg physicians of Chekhov's own day, not fictional characters: Ordinart Ordinarovich Chechott and Ivan Vasilyevich Merzheyevsky (also referenced in Chekhov's letters, e.g.) were prominent psychiatrists/nerve specialists of the period. Tolkachov names them in his one moment of real, unguarded alarm about his own nerves -- the joke works precisely because he is citing genuine medical authorities rather than a comic invented quack, momentarily breaking the farce's tone to register real anxiety before the play snaps back to comedy.