Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies (Dec 2019)

Two Edinburgh detective doctors united by fiction

  • María Eugenia D’OTTAVIO CALLEGARI,
  • María Silvia D’OTTAVIO CALLEGARI,
  • Alberto Enrique D’OTTAVIO CATTANI

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14201/rmc2019154215220
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 4
pp. 215 – 220

Abstract

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A BBC five-episode series (2000-2001) fictionally narrates, through the resolution of several police cases, the true relationship between Professor Joseph Bell of the School of Medicine (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) and his disciple Arthur Conan Doyle, who was inspired by his teacher’s methodical research behavior and particular costumes to build up his mythical character: Sherlock Holmes

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