Dr. Straud
Character Key Number:
1509
Display Name:
Dr. Straud
Sort Name:
Dr. Straud
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
In Flags in the Dust Dr. Straud is New York surgeon and medical researcher with whom Dr. Peabody's son, Lucius Jr., works. The novel says his "name is a household word" (400), and Lucius says the doctor has "been experimenting with electricity" (401).