🚨 BONUS EPISODE🚨 Forget 221B Baker Street! 🔎 The real Sherlock Holmes began life on a Victorian hospital ward in Edinburgh, inspired by surgeon Joe Bell and his extraordinary powers of observation. 🩺🕵️‍♂️ @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social takes us back 🎧 Listen Now 👉 pod.fo/e/6d40b7 #SherlockHolmes #History

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Joseph Bell, the real Sherlock Holmes, once sucked pus from the throat of a child dying of diphtheria with a pipette. He caught it himself and nearly died. It left him with a high, discordant voice, a trait Conan Doyle later gave Holmes. SLEUTH-HOUND is out tomorrow: linktr.ee/drlindseyfit...

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grimes golden apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1924

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Next week is History of Medicine Week! Join AAHM for a week of public virtual events devoted to the history of medicine, health, and disability. Check out the events and register here: histmed.org/history-of-m.... 🗃️

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Booklegger Used Books in Huntsville still has its floor-to-ceiling wooden bookshelves filled with vintage and hard-to-find used books, but it now has a modern refresh thanks to the new owners, Roxy Whitney and Jayne Busack.

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