Project Gutenberg 2025-04-15 Public domain in the USA. 251 Van Liere, Edward J. (Edward Jerald) 1895 1979 Liere, Edward J. Van Liere, Edward Jerald Van 59014293 A doctor enjoys Sherlock Holmes First edition $aNew York :$bVantage Press, $c1959. Doctor Watson and the weather -- The anatomical Sherlock Holmes -- "Brain fever" and Sherlock Holmes -- Curare and Sherlock Holmes -- Sherlock Holmes and the Portuguese man-of-war -- Doctor Watson and nervous maladies -- Dogs and Sherlock Holmes -- The botanical Doctor Watson -- The surgical Doctor Watson -- Sherlock Holmes, the chemist -- Doctor Watson's universal specific -- Doctor Watson, endocrinologist -- Genetics and Sherlock Holmes -- The zoological Doctor Watson -- Doctor Watson, cardiologist -- The physiologic Doctor Watson -- Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, perennial athletes -- The therapeutic Doctor Watson -- Doctor Watson, general practitioner. Tim Lindell, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) “A doctor enjoys Sherlock Holmes” by Edward J. Van Liere is a collection of essays written in the mid-20th century. The book presents an insightful and often lighthearted exploration of the Sherlock Holmes stories from both a medical and literary perspective. Its main topic is the intersection of medicine, science, and detective fiction, as Van Liere, himself a physician, analyzes the medical references, scientific accuracies, and character portrayals within the Sherlock Holmes canon. At the start of the book, Van Liere introduces his work with acknowledgments and a table of contents that signal a wide range of essays connecting Holmes' adventures to topics like anatomy, weather, poisons, and nervous maladies. The opening essay, “Doctor Watson and the Weather,” meticulously surveys how Dr. Watson frequently uses weather as an atmospheric and narrative device in the Holmes stories, offering numerous specific examples and discussing their function both as storytelling elements and as realistic details stemming from Watson's (and perhaps Conan Doyle’s) sensibilities as a medically trained observer. Subsequent sections in the opening continue this analytical and conversational style, breaking down instances of anatomical references, period medical terminology such as “brain fever,” and the depiction of poisons and psychological states within the stories. Throughout these essays, Van Liere not only shares medical facts and context but also displays a deep appreciation for the literary craft of Conan Doyle and Dr. Watson, blending medical insight with a reader’s enthusiasm for Holmesian mysteries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015046792662 20201113024759vanliere 1959 US Reading ease score: 61.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en American essays -- 20th century Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Characters Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism Private investigators in literature PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 294532 2025-06-30T05:23:40.444906 text/html 269322 2025-04-15T09:58:24 text/html 311165 2025-06-30T05:23:45.457893 application/epub+zip 309277 2025-06-30T05:23:41.460895 application/epub+zip 235730 2025-06-30T05:23:40.948911 application/epub+zip 337224 2025-06-30T05:23:48.624882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306578 2025-06-30T05:23:45.058893 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266742 2025-06-30T05:23:39.977913 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 246818 2025-04-15T09:58:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17987 2025-06-30T05:23:48.861848 application/rdf+xml 6640 2025-06-30T05:23:41.133907 image/jpeg 1729 2025-06-30T05:23:41.039885 image/jpeg 270045 2025-06-30T05:23:40.471928 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog