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Tuberculosis In The Medical Casebook

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Microscopy:- “Microscopy of tuberculosis bacilli.”   This Week This is our 20th blog page, and it is going to be the last. Many thanks to those who have read my blog pages – it has been the first time I have created a blog, and it has been an interesting experience. Today’s subject is tuberculosis – a horrendous infection in Victorian times, and a disease that remains a difficult to treat infection in modern medical practice.   Tuberculosis Tuberculosis + Sherlock In Victorian times, tuberculosis was usually called either consumption or phthisis. The disease makes two appearances in the canon. Firstly it provides the only medical reference in one of the most famous stories, “ The Final Problem ”. Even readers who have not read any of Conan Doyle’s works will likely know the outcome of this story. Conan Doyle has had enough of writing Sherlock Holmes tales, so decides to kill him off. In his final confrontation with Professor Moriarty, they both fall to their suppose
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Cataract In The Medical Casebook

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  “Sherlock examines the cataract knife.” © Alex Holt   This Week For our penultimate blog page, we are going to have a look at cataracts. As we will see, eye disease was a particular area of interest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.     The Illustrator Alex Holt is an artist specialising in original ink illustrations. He has a special interest in Comic Art, single image illustrations and covers. Alex is a student of the Edinburgh Atelier of Fine Art. He works in private commissions and commercial projects. More of his work can be found in Instagram @alexholtart.   Cataract Cataract + Sherlock   Cataracts get three references in the Sherlock Holmes canon. Firstly we head to “ A Study In Scarlet ”, the first Sherlock Holmes story. Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look. It was one of four which stood back some little way from the street, two being occupied and two empty. The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, w
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Ichthyosis In The Medical Casebook

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“Godfrey Emsworth appears at the window of his friend’s bedroom.” © Alex Holt This Week We are going to return to “The Adventure Of The Blanched Soldier” and find out the actual diagnosis for Godfrey’s Emsworth’s skin disease. This page covers a fairly obscure disease – but hopefully one that is still of interest. News The book is now published and is fully available. The Medical Casebook of Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA , Barnes and Noble , Amazon UK and additional formats like Kindle .   The Illustrator Our page is headed with another marvellous original illustration by Alex Holt. Alex Holt is an artist specialising in original ink illustrations. He has a special interest in Comic Art, single image illustrations and covers. Alex is a student of the Edinburgh Atelier of Fine Art. He works in private commissions and commercial projects. More of his work can be found in Instagram @alexholtart.  
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Erysipelas In The Medical Casebook

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"Confidential report into an outbreak of 26 cases of erysipelas, in patients admitted for other reasons, resulting in 5 deaths.” [23]   This Week We are continuing our look at rarer diseases which feature in the book, and having a look at erysipelas. This is quite an old-fashioned diagnosis, but I still occasionally use the term for specific skin infections.   News The book is now published and is fully available, which is a very exciting moment for me as a first-time author. The Medical Casebook of Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA , Barnes and Noble , Amazon UK and additional formats like Kindle .   Erysipelas Erysipelas + Sherlock We continue the plot of “ The Adventure Of The Illustrious Client ” with our look at erysipelas. In our Leprosy chapter, we left Holmes and Watson, along with Kitty Winter, failing to convince Violet De Merville that her fiancée, Baron Gruner, is manipulating her. Two day
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