person
Osip Frantsych
also: Осип Францыч, the German
A fat, complacent German-Russian dentist, Pyotr Ilyich's former classmate, whose prosperity rests entirely on decor, a huge sign, shameless advertising, patent nostrums, and theatrical bedside manner rather than skill; he lectures his poorer colleague on the necessity of 'general education,' meaning salesmanship and humbug dressed up as professionalism.