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| “ | I can cure anything but the plague. | „ |
| —'Dr. Cyril Purvis, M.D.' |
Dr. Cyril Purvis is a minor character featured in Red Dead Redemption.
History[]
Background[]
Dr. Purvis is the resident physician in Blackwater. His parents, David and Muriel Purvis, who both died in 1902, are buried at the Blackwater public cemetery. He lives in the third house entering the city from the south.
Events of Red Dead Redemption[]
The player can buy medical supplies from him in his office, as well as sell certain items, especially herbs. Dr. Purvis keeps a concealed gun on his person and will defend himself if the player attempts a robbery. After the workhours are done, he can be found wandering around the city or the saloon, helping himself to a drink. Early in the mornings, he can be found walking around his house's porch or sitting on the bench.
Trivia[]
- His last name may be a reference to Melvin Purvis, a prominent FBI agent during the "Public Enemy" era known for his pursuit of many outlaws such as Lester Gillis ("Baby Face Nelson") and John Dillinger, as well as the killing of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd.
- An article in the newspaper reveals that the doctor is embroiled in a scandal after charging gawkers to see a record-setting tapeworm he removed from the stomach of an 11-year-old girl. The girl's mother argues that the tapeworm, having gestated within the girl for nearly three years, is "tantamount to a biological granddaughter." As such, she believes that any money made by Purvis is actually hers, to which he responded: "There's only one true parasite in this whole charade."
- If the player looks closely at the framed degrees on the wall of his office with a scoped rifle or binoculars, it appears that he received his medical training or education at both Northern Michigan University and Park University.
- Both he and fellow physician Francis Gallagher have a phrenology bust in their offices. Whether or not they actually practice phrenology (studying bumps on the head to identify mental disorders and personality traits) is unknown. What is known however, is that Cyril is not a fraud, unlike Francis.
- Behind his house is a pen where two pigs and a stray dog is kept. Cyril is not a farmer and he never tends to the livestock so it is possible he has the pigs to study them or keeps them as pets.