Read one paragraph and choose the correct heading. While a medical student, Conan Doyle was deeply impressed by the skill of his professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, in observing the most minute detail regarding a patient's condition. This master of diagnostic deduction became the model for Conan Doyle's literary creation, Sherlock Holmes, who first appeared in A Study in Scarlet, a story published in Beeton's Christmas Annual of 1887.
Observing a Patient's Condition
The First Publication of Sherlock Holmes
The Prototype of Sherlock​