Dear Holmesians,
While I agree that postings in Feb have gone down, no one seems to have
commented on my posting of Feb 17 on TRHL, nor on my reply of Feb 19 to
Navneeth's query and Jeff's reply thereto.Sumal, not even you?!
How do we get more postings unless we comment on one,which then leads to a
cycle of comments till the subject is discussed thoroughly?
Hoping to see more postings,
VPS

Julia <julialhuggins@...> wrote:
Venkat wrote:

julia and holmesians,
Though his medical profession did not give him much success,Sir
doyle was always loyal to his profession.In the first instance
remember that Watson himself is a doctor by profession. Sir doyle has
referred to his medical knowlege in many novels.... resident patient
is one best examples to that.i dont remeber all but i could say Sir
doyle did used medical knowledge in his great work

My dear Venkat,

I am more inclined to read Holmes then to read about Doyle, but I have
been reading "Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle" by
Daniel Stashower. In one of the chapters, Doyle himself, give a
rather different view of his practice:

"How often I have rejoiced to find a clear morning before me and
settled down to my task, or rather, dashed ferociously a it, knowing
how precious were these hours of quiet. Then to me enters my
housekeeper with tidings of dismay........and trudge sadly off, with
the feeling that another morning has been wasted and another seam left
visible to the critics eye in my unhappy novel".

I can not think of a story where Watson's medical knowledge did not
come into play at some point, however minor; I am certain it has been
categorised elsewhere.

Lastly, I appreciate the respect shown in addressing me separately
from the Holmesians, but feel free to include me in the "bunch"! I am
a member of the Red Circle Society of Washington, DC, The Hounds of
the Internet, The Societe Sherlock Holmes de France (and a casual
participant in several others), and I am one of the editors of the
Camden House website.

http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/main.htm

Regards,
Julia Huggins






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