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Afer a fairly conventional education he entered Edinburgh University medical school in 1876 and, while there, became acquainted with two particular characters among the lecturers.
One was Joseph Bell who was a master at making deductions from the smallest piece of evidence and obviously was a role model for Sherlock Holmes.
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The other was Sir Patrick Heron Watson who was rated as a top-class medical doctor by his patients.
After qualifying he made a couple of trips as a ship's surgeon; and put these experiences to good use in his later writings.
He then went into practice as a GP, starting up on his own in Southsea, Portsmouth. Only moderately successful, he turned to writing in order to earn additional income.
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It was a struggle at first, but by 1890 he was well established as a successful and popular writer.
His Sherlock Holmes' stories attracted a tremendous following. But he himself tired of wr