* It is gratifying to note that Dr. Watson is able to describe him in “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot” (dated 1897) as “Dr. Moore Agar, of Harley Street,” suggesting his practice later met with considerable success.
* The striped band around a policeman’s cuff was for many years a mark of identification.
* Sherlock Holmes perfected his formula for identifying the presence of hemoglobin on the same afternoon that he was introduced to Dr. Watson by their mutual acquaintance Stamford. Holmes was at the time searching for someone to go halves with him on a suite of rooms in Baker Street.
* More commonly, formaldehyde.
* Term originated by Jean Hippolyte Michon, 1871. Graphology would not be studied in England for many years to come.
* Latin, “Nothing stands in our way.”
* Dr. Watson records these circumstances under the title “A Scandal in Bohemia.”
* Opium poppy.
* Dr. Watson did indeed serve in the Battle of Maiwand, returning to England after having been severely wounded in action.
* Inspector Frederick Abberline was heavily involved in the Ripper investigation and was ultimately promoted to the position of chief inspector in 1890.
* A thin linen cloth.
* Recorded by Dr. Watson in the novel
* “There is no disputing taste.”
* The treatments for feminine hysteria were varied, but many were highly sexual in nature.
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Copyright © 2009 by Lyndsay Faye
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