Title: Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, and Victorian medicine
First published: 1997
Description: A fascinating look at the accuracy of Dr. Watson's medical procedures within the context of Victorian medicine. There are stories and anecdotes about London's doctors and surgeons to highlight and explain how Watson and Holmes dealt with the poisonings, bludgeonings and shootings that characterise their cases.
Subjects: Characters, Detective and mystery stories, English, English Detective and mystery stories, History, History and criticism, John H. Watson, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Knowledge, Literature and medicine, Medicine, Medicine in literature, Private investigators in literature, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century
Places: Great Britain
People: Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PR4624 .A36 1997