The Patient of Dr. Van Linden tells the story of Salomon, a man with a  mysterious sickness and a frightening appearance. Abandoned by his father after his mother died in childbirth, Salomon is raised in an orphanage, hidden from other people. This life of abandonment and misery turns him into a hopeless person. With no social life and no knowledge of the world, Salomon, as a child, begins to develop his gift: painting.

 

    Salomon's talent catches the attention of an ambitious millionaire, who enslaves him in order to sign and sell Salomon's masterpieces as his own. But Salomon's disease is incurable, and will soon kill him. Then it's found that in order to alleviate the disease, it's necessary for Salomon to ingest fresh, healthy human liver.

 

    In order to not lose his golden goose, the millionaire Edward Shellen offers to pay a specialist in hepatology - Dr. Abel Van Linden - for a surgical intervention to save Salomon. Before beginning the process, however, the doctor hears the whole story of Salomon, who, lying in bed in an inhospitable room, relives all the moments of anguish, suffering, and terror that have passed.

 

    With the passing of the narrative, Dr. Van Linden realizes that this monster is not a simple victim. Under the influence of his professor of arts, Salomon becomes the main offender: a disturbed psycopath who, when he discovers love, becomes a true monster in his desperate search for physical beauty. To obtain the love of a woman, Solomon kills people and rips out their livers, to devour them eagerly. With time, Salomon becomes physically more human with each liver eaten, while at the same time his values are lost along the way.