A doctor enjoys Sherlock Holmes

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An eminent physician brings Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to us in a new, engrossing light, in a series of essays on the medico-biological aspects of the Conan Doyle tales.

A DOCTOR ENJOYS SHERLOCK HOLMES

“Nor must you find fault with me if I often give you what I have borrowed from my various reading, in the very words of the authors themselves” (Macrobius—trans. by Boswell).

Boswell: The Hypochondriack, No. XXI

A DOCTOR ENJOYS SHERLOCK HOLMES

Edward J. Van Liere

VANTAGE PRESS NEW YORK WASHINGTON HOLLYWOOD

FIRST EDITION

Published by Vantage Press, Inc. 120 West 31st Street, New York 1, N. Y.

Manufactured in the United States of America

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59-14293

To my grandsons: Edward Van Liere Batchelder and Terry Lewis Batchelder.