person
Ya. A. Karkman
Karkman
also: Каркман, Я. А. Каркман, зубной врач Каркман
A Moscow dentist on Tverskaya Street reputed to pull teeth instantly, painlessly, and cheaply; the object of Dybkin's frantic cab ride, he never actually appears on stage -- Dybkin bursts into the wrong office one floor above his.