Some Obscurish facts
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Sherlock Holmes was modeled after a real person, Dr. Joseph Bell, a famous surgeon and lecturer of author A Conan Doyle's time. Dr. Bell was known for his highly tuned powers of observation, often teaching to medical students to pay attention to seemingly trivial details and often able to expose patients' lies. Dr. Bell said that any observant doctor could often tell exactly what part of the body a patient was going to start talking about. Elementary.
Sherlock Holmes was modeled after a real person, Dr. Joseph Bell, a famous surgeon and lecturer of author A Conan Doyle's time. Dr. Bell was known for his highly tuned powers of observation, often teaching to medical students to pay attention to seemingly trivial details and often able to expose patients' lies. Dr. Bell said that any observant doctor could often tell exactly what part of the body a patient was going to start talking about. Elementary.