Claim: Doctor Ox (originally Le Docteur Ox) is a short story in the Voyages Extraordinaires series written by Jules Verne (a French novelist, poet, and playwright) and published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel in 1874.
Evidence: For the opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, see Le docteur Ox. Doctor Ox (French: Le Docteur Ox) is a collection of short stories by Jules Verne, first published in 1874 by Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Doctor Ox Jules Verne Le Docteur Ox Voyages Extraordinaires Short stories 1874 Pierre-Jules Hetzel French Jules Gabriel Verne (/vɜːrn/; French: [ʒyl gabʁijɛl vɛʁn; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). Le docteur Ox is an opéra bouffe in three acts and six tableaux of 1877 with music by Jacques Offenbach. Le docteur Ox had 40 performances in its initial Paris run at the Théâtre des Variétés, but the piece faded after a brilliant start and was replaced by a revival of La Périchole.