At 05:16 AM 10/26/2010, you wrote:
> I think Watson often gets short shrift.
Short shrift at the beginning of a series leaves room to develop;
However, he plays a vital part
> in Holmes's investigations, including giving medical information on both
> the dead, and the traumatized
I have read reviews of the Holmes books in which medicos have researched
Watson's skills. From what I have read, I would not want Watson on the same
continent as me, let alone treating me!
Was this opinion based on modern medicine or medicine known at the
time? If the former, then you wouldn't want any physician of that
time treating you. Neither would I? If the latter, then that could
simply be because Arthur Conan Doyle wasn't conversant with proper
medicine. I always had the sense that Watson was a more than
competent, if not a great, physician.
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