person
Vyacheslav Leopoldovich Gruber
Gruber
also: V. L. Gruber, В. Л. Грубер
Professor of anatomy (1814-1890) at the St. Petersburg Imperial Medico-Surgical Academy and founder of its institute of practical anatomy, famed for the strictness of his examinations -- the failed exam behind the "Victim of Science" cluster's punchline.
Reading notes
- Captions for Drawings §207 The anatomist Gruber is to blame
Vyacheslav Leopoldovich Gruber (1814-1890), the famously strict professor of anatomy at the St. Petersburg Medico-Surgical Academy; failing his exam supplies the joke's punchline about a husband's humiliation.