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Physicians as detectives in detective fiction of the 20th century. (Letters to the Editor).

Publication: Southern Medical Journal
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Physicians as detectives in detective fiction of the 20th century. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)

Article Excerpt
To the Editor: Dr. Anderson's article in the October 2002 issue of Southern Medical Journal (1) contains notable omissions. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) wrote about Dr. Watson, who assisted Sherlock Holmes in his detective work. Dr. Watson certainly was not incidental to the plots, and quite arguably he was a "physician-detective." Although Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock in 1893 in "The Final Problem," the last story in Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, (2) he succumbed to appeals from...

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