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Dr. Frahm
In the novel-within-the-novel Bonds, Dr. Aftus is the doctor who Benjamin handpicks to oversee Helen’s care after he loses faith in Dr. Frahm’s methods. Dr. Aftus uses a kind of convulsive therapy—a progenitor of electroconvulsive therapy—to treat what he calls Helen’s schizophrenia. Benjamin sees the toll that the procedures take on Helen but tells Dr. Aftus to keep administering them. During one of those procedures, Helen’s heart gives out and she dies.
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Dr. Aftus Character Timeline in Trust
The timeline below shows where the character Dr. Aftus appears in Trust. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 1, Part 4
...Frahm will have no contact with Helen. He then heavily sedates Helen and calls on Dr. Aftus , who works for the German pharmaceutical company Haber Pharmaceuticals, of which Benjamin owns a...
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Dr. Aftus uses “convulsive therapy,” or medically inducing seizures, to treat schizophrenia. After the first procedure, when...
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