Ramanan S V
St Francis Hospital and Medical Center, 1000 Asylum Ave, Suite 1002, Hartford, CT 06105, USA.
Arch Intern Med. 2001 Mar 12;161(5):701-5. doi: 10.1001/archinte.161.5.701.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle contains many incidents of medical interest. While disorders of the cardiovascular system do not play an important role in these tales, there are, nevertheless, some illnesses that invite speculation. Eleven such incidents are reviewed and discussed in light of the times in which they occurred and in light of current medical knowledge.
亚瑟·柯南·道尔爵士所著的《福尔摩斯探案集》包含许多具有医学趣味的事件。虽然心血管系统疾病在这些故事中并不起重要作用,但仍有一些疾病引发了人们的猜测。本文根据这些事件发生的时代背景以及当前的医学知识,对其中十一个此类事件进行了回顾与讨论。