Scottish Surgeon Inspired Sherlock Holmes Detective Character

• Joseph Bell, a Scottish surgeon, inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes.
• Lindsey Fitzharris discusses Bell's work in her book 'Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes'.
• Bell's remarkable powers of observation were largely forgotten until Fitzharris' research.
• Bell's diagnostic methods and keen observation skills influenced Doyle's character.
• Fitzharris spoke about this in an interview with Bloomberg This Weekend.