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A distinguished physician and professor of medicine at Edinburgh University, and a forensic expert for the British Crown, Joseph Bell was well known for his remarkable powers of observation and deduction. In what would become true Sherlockian fashion, he had the ability to deduce facts about his patients from otherwise unremarkable details. In one instance recounted by Arthur Conan Doyle himself—and similar to Sherlock Holmes's own observations in "The Greek Interpreter"—Bell took little time to determine that one of his patients had recently served in the army, a non-commissioned officer discharged from his Highland regiment stationed in Barbados:
“The man was a respectful man, but did not remove his hat. They do not in the army, but he would have learned civilian ways had he been long discharged. He has an air of authority and he is obviously Scottish. As to Barbados, his complaint is elephantitis, which is West Indian and not British.”
Based on extensive research into the life of Bell and including tantalizing accounts of the connections between Bell and Conan Doyle, this biography is required reading for anyone interested in Victorian medicine, in the history of detective fiction, and in Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
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Ely M. Liebow is professor emeritus of English at Northeastern Illinois University.
Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Foreword xiv
Afghanistan Perceived: Being the Birth of a Model Detective 1
I Heir the Bells or The Sign of the Four 11
The Prior-y School: Not So Elementary 18
Edinburgh University and the Royal Infirmary-A Study in Scarlet 33
"Gladly Wolde He Lerne and Gladly Teche"-In Pursuit of a Career; A Wife; A Hospital; a Brace of Birds 41
Here's to the Women: Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Sophia Jex-Blake, the Nurses, the Medical Hopefuls 79
"Bell the Busybody"-Editor, Mourner, Master Surgeon, Master Teacher, Forensic Expert For The Crown 106
Dr. Watson, Meet Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Bell, Meet Arthur Conan Doyle 125
Impediments to Early Retirement, Or The Game's Still Afoot: Another Job, Another Book, Jack The Ripper 150
"I Read About You Everywhere": Joe Bell, Model for Sherlock Holmes 172
The Valley Afar: The Yellow-Leaf Days of a Religious Grandfather 192
"Stand With Me Here on the Terrace": The Open Road, Open Graves, Old Memories 210
Coda: Will the Real Model Rest Easy 222
Notes 235
Bibliography 242
Index 247