Dr. Lanyon

From The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lanyon represents conservative, materialist science; he dies of shock after witnessing Hyde transform into Jekyll.
Chapter 2

Lanyon dismisses Jekyll's research as 'unscientific balderdash,' establishing the rift between empirical and transcendental science.

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Chapter 9 (Dr. Lanyon's Narrative)

Lanyon's deathbed account of seeing the transformation: 'O God!' I screamed, and 'O God!' again and again; for there before my eyes... there stood Henry Jekyll!'

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