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PubMed1985

Sherlock Holmes' methods of deductive reasoning applied to medical diagnostics.

Having patterned the character of Sherlock Holmes after one of his professors, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, himself a physician, incorporated many of the didactic qualities of the 19th century medical diagnostician into the character of Holmes. In this paper I explore Holmes's techniques of deductive reasoning and their basis in 19th and 20th century medical diagnostics.

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PubMed1997

The Engineer's Thumb or Sherlock Holmes on the trail of 'the uncanny'.

Freud identified 'primal phantasies' (life in the womb, 'primal scene', seduction, castration). It is argued that 'The Engineer's Thumb', a short story from 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', draws its uncanniness from the fact that it is underpinned by all the primal phantasies described by Freud. 'The Engineer's Thumb' therefore illustrates what analytical interpretation can contribute to the understanding of certain literary works. 'The Engineer's Thumb' may also serve as an introduction to a broader study of the Freudian concept of 'the uncanny'. This study seems to confirm what Freud said when he pointed out that 'an uncanny experience occurs either when infantile complexes which have been repressed are once more revived by some impression, or when primitive beliefs which have been surmounted seem once more to be confirmed' (1919, p. 249). 'The Engineer's Thumb' has another interesting feature: in this short story. Conan Doyle, by setting up a 'talking cure', anticipates the creation of psychoanalysis and highlights in a striking way certain aspects of what was to become psychoanalytical treatment.

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PubMed2005

Effect of Diplocystis tipulae Sherlock (Eugregarinida: Apicomplexa), a coelomic gregarine pathogen of tipulids, on the larval size of Tipula paludosa Meigen (Tipulidae: Diptera).

This study demonstrates the debilitative effect of a coelomic gregarine, Diplocystis tipulae, on Tipula paludosa. The larvae were provided contaminated fresh grass leaves from a field where 40.0% of T. paludosa larvae were infected by this pathogen. Resultant infected larvae were separated into four groups according to infection level. Analysing their weights, lengths, and weight/length ratios showed that larval size decreased as infection level increased. Differences, especially at the lower and upper levels of the infection levels, were statistically significant. It was concluded that infection by D. tipulae affected the size of T. paludosa larvae resulting in smaller individuals.

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