Sherlock Holmes' Medical Notes. How People Fell Ill, Were Treated, and Died in the Victorian Era
The world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes masterfully uses his knowledge in the field of medicine to solve high-profile cases. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle bases the deductive skills of his hero on the diagnostic methods that a general practitioner uses when working...
with patients. However, the Victorian approach to treating various diseases is evidently different from the modern one. But how significant is this difference? Madness, catalepsy, yellow fever, stroke... – you will get acquainted with 50 diseases, from the usual to the extremely rare and mysterious. And Nick Howlett, a therapist, will help lift the veil of mystery on how the legendary detective was able to instantly make a diagnosis based only on the appearance of the interlocutor.
The world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes masterfully uses his knowledge in the field of medicine to solve high-profile cases. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle bases the deductive skills of his hero on the diagnostic methods that a general practitioner uses when working with patients. However, the Victorian approach to treating various diseases is evidently different from the modern one. But how significant is this difference? Madness, catalepsy, yellow fever, stroke... – you will get acquainted with 50 diseases, from the usual to the extremely rare and mysterious. And Nick Howlett, a therapist, will help lift the veil of mystery on how the legendary detective was able to instantly make a diagnosis based only on the appearance of the interlocutor.
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