tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post114831115284086223..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Happy Birthday Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1148390470524314482006-05-23T09:21:00.000-04:002006-05-23T09:21:00.000-04:00CC: Well, you still have not read John Dickson C...CC:<BR/> Well, you still have not read John Dickson Carr's bio. of Doyle, and there are a couple of more recent ones. He was a physician who supported the Boer War, which was not one of Great Britain's prouder moments, and also a spiritualist. Sherlock did better, but perhaps because he was modelled partly on an Edinburgh surgeon/ neuroanatomist, Dr. Charles Bell. <BR/> Now back to writing about another(real)physician, Avicenna.<BR/> LinguistFriendLinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.com