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Dr. Joe Bell : model for Sherlock Holmes / Ely Liebow.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection PR4623 .L54 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liebow, Ely.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930--Friends and associates.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930--Characters--Sherlock Holmes.
- Bell, Joseph, 1837-1911.
- Bell, Joseph.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
- Surgeons--Scotland--Biography.
- Surgeons.
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Friends and associates.
- Scotland.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 269 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1982]
- Summary:
- 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. This biography of Bell, based on extensive research into his life and including tantalizing accounts of the connections between Bell and Conan Doyle, is required reading for anyone interested in Victorian medicine, in the history of detective fiction, and in Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
- Contents:
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0879721979
- OCLC:
- 8787955
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