Dixon seems to be the most sociable and trustworthy of the drunken medical students in “Oxen of the Sun.” He is the one who first invites Leopold Bloom over, and he merrily pokes fun at Stephen Dedalus and Buck Mulligan later in the episode. Dixon appears to be close to Vincent Lynch and Nurse Callan, who specifically approaches him to report that Mrs. Purefoy has given birth. He then runs off to assist her.
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Dixon Character Timeline in Ulysses
The timeline below shows where the character Dixon appears in Ulysses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun
...will be giving birth soon. Bloom feels sorry for Callan, who does not have children. Dixon, a “young learningknight” (medical student) comes into the hospital and offers for Bloom to “make...
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...and they toast to Purefoy’s health and drink. In attendance are the “scholars of medicine” Dixon, Lynch, and Madden, plus Lenehan, Crotthers, Stephen Dedalus, Punch Costello, and “the meek sir Leopold...
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...to the turn of the seventeenth century in an imitation of writers like John Milton. Dixon and Lenehan start discussing how Stephen abandoned the priesthood and commits “nefarious deeds” with women....
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Lynch and Dixon launch into a long, satirical allegory about an Irish bull. In a slightly different voice,...
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...needs any help, and Bloom explains that he’s actually at the hospital for Mrs. Purefoy. Dixon asks the big-bellied Buck whether he’s there to give birth, too.
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...Goldsmith begins with a ringing bell, after which Nurse Callan enters and whispers something to Dixon. Costello and Lynch joke derisively about the nurse’s looks and her relationship to Dixon, who...
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Episode 15: Circe
...medical testimony about Bloom’s sexual problems. Doctors Madden, Crotthers, and Punch Costello agree, and Dr. Dixon explains that Bloom is an “example of the new womanly man.” Bloom then gives birth...
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