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As a medical student in Scotland , Doyle had a Professor named Doctor Bell, who was well known for his ability to see minute things on a patient, that lead him to a diagnosis. Bell was a leader in the concept of carefully examining the entire body of the patient to see things that others would miss. Bell was ( I think ) the model for the careful examinations performed by Holmes. A tangent.....Justice Bigelow, of the Ontario Court of Queen's Bench ( in the 1950's ) one of the world's leading authorities on Holmes., Recently his book ( a private publication of only 100 copies ) was listed for sale at $13,000 USD. Bigelow was also the long time Chairman of the Ontario Jockey Club which rules the horse racing tracks in Ontario. Bigelow was known far and wide for his strict court room rules. He once told a lawyer to go home and change his orange and blue argyle socks, for ones of a solid black material. Cranky as hell, but a superior Justice, too. JimB.
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Ideal Interview V. Sherlock Holmes (link)
Ideal Interview V. Sherlock Holmes is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche written anonymously by "Anyhow" published in The Bohemian magazine in october 1893.
Ideal Interview V. Sherlock Holmes is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche written anonymously by "Anyhow" published in The Bohemian magazine in october 1893.
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"A delicious traditional English breakfast dish using smoked white fish, rice and eggs. It is based on the Indian dish Khichri and comes from the days of the Raj."
Edible Art: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Mysterious Breakfast
"I see you are confused by the combination of eggs, rice, and fish at breakfast, my dear Watson, but I assure you this is elementary Victorian Cooking. It’s merely a hearty morning Kedgeree*. Kedgeree Recipe: 2 cups cooked basmati rice 1 pound haddock 4 tbsp butter 1 large onion, finely […]"
Edible Art: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Mysterious Breakfast
"I see you are confused by the combination of eggs, rice, and fish at breakfast, my dear Watson, but I assure you this is elementary Victorian Cooking. It’s merely a hearty morning Kedgeree*. Kedgeree Recipe: 2 cups cooked basmati rice 1 pound haddock 4 tbsp butter 1 large onion, finely […]"
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Henry Cavill's Sherlock Holmes Continues His Superman Confusion
"Henry Cavill plays Sherlock Holmes in Netflix’s Enola Holmes, and his version of the Great Detective continues his Superman confusion. Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes made his debut in 1887 in A Story in Scarlet and went on to appear in various short stories and novels, making him one of the most popular and beloved characters in literature. The detective has been adapted to different media for over a hundred years, and some artists have borrowed him and other characters to make their own stories, with some even expanding their backstories." (Read More)
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Sherlock Holmes, Julius Caesar, and the Ides of March
by Chris Redmond March 14, 2016
"Julius Caesar is not mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories. There are a couple of characters named for his adopted son, Augustus, but that's the closest it comes. (No Brutuses (Bruti?), either.) Holmes and other figures often refer to "assassins," but generally use the word as a synonym for murderers. Possible political assassinations that do get a mention are "the Trepoff murder"[SCAN] and the work of "Huret, the boulevard assassin" [GOLD]. Sherlock Holmes says in A Study in Scarlet: "Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and to fly. This murder had, on the contrary, been done most deliberately."
"Best of all is this passage in "The Bruce-Partington Plans": "It is well they don't have days of fog in the Latin countries — the countries of assassination. By Jove! here comes something at last to break our dead monotony." There could hardly be a more Latin country than Rome, and Holmes drives the point home when he swears by Jove, or Jupiter, the Roman king of the gods."
"He was once Senator" [THOR]
by Chris Redmond March 14, 2016
"Julius Caesar is not mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories. There are a couple of characters named for his adopted son, Augustus, but that's the closest it comes. (No Brutuses (Bruti?), either.) Holmes and other figures often refer to "assassins," but generally use the word as a synonym for murderers. Possible political assassinations that do get a mention are "the Trepoff murder"[SCAN] and the work of "Huret, the boulevard assassin" [GOLD]. Sherlock Holmes says in A Study in Scarlet: "Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and to fly. This murder had, on the contrary, been done most deliberately."
"Best of all is this passage in "The Bruce-Partington Plans": "It is well they don't have days of fog in the Latin countries — the countries of assassination. By Jove! here comes something at last to break our dead monotony." There could hardly be a more Latin country than Rome, and Holmes drives the point home when he swears by Jove, or Jupiter, the Roman king of the gods."
"He was once Senator" [THOR]
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12 Times 'Star Trek' and Sherlock Holmes Overlapped
5. There’s a starship named after Holmes in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
"In a small, nearly unrecognizable moment in TNG, a screen displaying a United Federation of Planets call log shows a ship named for Doyle’s famous character. Christened the USS Sherlock Holmes and given the registry number NCC-221B, after Holmes’ residence, it appears only briefly, and if viewers aren’t watching carefully, they’ll miss it."
5. There’s a starship named after Holmes in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
"In a small, nearly unrecognizable moment in TNG, a screen displaying a United Federation of Planets call log shows a ship named for Doyle’s famous character. Christened the USS Sherlock Holmes and given the registry number NCC-221B, after Holmes’ residence, it appears only briefly, and if viewers aren’t watching carefully, they’ll miss it."
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How Sherlock Holmes changed the world
Modern fandom wouldn't exist without Conan Doyle’s famous creation, writes Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. (link to article)
Modern fandom wouldn't exist without Conan Doyle’s famous creation, writes Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. (link to article)
The public reaction to Holmes’ death was unlike anything previously seen for fictional events.
Because of Holmes, Conan Doyle was, one historian wrote, ‘as well-known as Queen Victoria’.
I think Doyle began the idea that super-intelligence comes at the price of some kind of social dysfunction – Steven Moffat
