Spring 2023 BSJ

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The Spring 2023 Baker Street Journal includes these articles: The Editor’s Gas-Lamp. The Brain or the Appendix: Doctors, Detectives, and Diagnosis by Lakshmi Krishnan. Swindle! Financial Crimes in the Canon by Jonathan Tiemann. The Mythical Mixture of Watson’s Bachelor Days by Dino Argyropoulos. Five Quarter Centuries of Confusion Over the Missing Three-Quarter by Eric Scace. … Continue reading Spring 2023 BSJ

The Haven Horror (“The Retired Colourman”)

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The Haven Horror. A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of “The Adventure of the Retired Colourman” by Arthur Conan Doyle with Annotations and Commentary. Edited, with an Introduction, by Phillip G. Bergem, BSI. Deception and secret romance often lead to murder. In “The Retired Colourman,” Sherlock Holmes traps a vicious yet clever murderer, and entertains … Continue reading The Haven Horror (“The Retired Colourman”)

Stimulating Medicine

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Stimulating Medicine: More Nerve and Knowledge. Edited by Robert S. Katz, MD, BSI and Andrew L. Solberg, MHS, BSI. Diagnosis, disease, and doctors are an essential part of the Sherlock Holmes stories. A series written by a physician (Conan Doyle), through the eyes of a physician (Watson), and with a detective based on a physician … Continue reading Stimulating Medicine

My Scientific Methods

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My Scientific Methods: Science in the Sherlockian Canon. Edited by Dana Richards, BSI. Sherlock Holmes might not have invented the field of forensic science, but he certainly popularized it and demonstrated the value of science in solving crimes. My Scientific Methods provides the first comprehensive analysis of the overall role of science in the Sherlockian … Continue reading My Scientific Methods

A Masterpiece of Villainy (“The Norwood Builder”)

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A Masterpiece of Villainy. A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder” by Arthur Conan Doyle with Annotations and Commentary. Edited, with an Introduction, by Ross E. Davies, BSI. A dramatic entrance precedes a story involving disappearance, vengeance, fingerprints, bones, and a major challenge for Sherlock Holmes. A Masterpiece of … Continue reading A Masterpiece of Villainy (“The Norwood Builder”)