The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, The Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases

by E. J. Wagner

• ISBN13: 9780471783749
• ISBN10: 0471783749
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Take a wild ride by hansom cab along the road paved by Sherlock Holmes- a ride that leads you through medicine, law, pathology, toxicology, anatomy, blood chemistry, and the emergence of forensic science during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Science of Sherlock Holmes is as fascinating and eye-opening as any Holmes mystery. Examining the Great Detective's remarkable adventures- along with gripping real-life mysteries such as the disappearance of Dr. George Parkman, wife-killer Kenneth Barlow, Jack the Ripper, and Lizzie Borden-author E.J. Wagner gives you a new perspective on both Holmes and modern-day forensic detection. Book jacket.

Author Biography

E. J. Wagner is a crime historian, lecturer, teller of suspense stories for adults, and moderator of the annual Forensic Forum at Stony Brook University's Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Dialogue with the Dead

Beastly Tales and Black Dogs

A Fly in the Ointment

Proving Poison

Disguise and the Detective

The Crime Scene by Gaslight

A Picture of Guilt

Shots in the Dark

Bad Impressions

The Real Dirt

Notes from the Devil

A Voice in the Blood

Myth, Medicine, and Murder

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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