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Sherlock Holmes: myth and reality

Sherlock Holmes described himself as a "consulting detective", we are told that he is able to solve a problem without leaving his home. He specializes in solving unusual cases using his extraordinary powers of observation and logical reasoning.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle credited the conception of Holmes to his teacher at the medical school of Edinburgh University, the gifted surgeon and
forensic detective, Joseph Bell.
Holmes was named after Oliver Wendell Holmes, whom Conan Doyle admired, and an English cricketer named Sherlock.

Holmes is generally depicted in various media as wearing a deerstalker hat and smoking a pipe.
Holmes is described as a tall, lean gentleman with sharp eyes, and an aquiline nose. Despite his lean build, he is quite physically capable. He is a skillful boxer and fencer.

He describes himself and his habits as "Bohemian." He may suffer from bipolar disorder

Modern readers of the Holmes stories are apt to be surprised that he was an occasional user of cocaine and morphine

Holmes deduction is more difficult to model his inference as deduction using general principles. Holmes demonstrates his abilities to new clients by making on-the-spot deductions about their personalities and recent activities.

In some later stories, Holmes criticizes Watson for his writings, usually because he relates them as exciting stories rather than as objective and detailed reports.

Watson was the great detective's loyal companion and Holmes was aware of his value.
In many of the stories, Holmes is assisted by the practical Watson, who is not only a friend but also his chronicler.

"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.“
"The air of London is sweeter for my presence."
"My brain has always governed my heart.“
""A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her."
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.“
"You can never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant.“
"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last”

Sherlock Holmes has inspired the creation of thousands of essays, poems, books, plays, films and has been portrayed by more actors than any other person. He is frequently quoted in magazines and newspapers, on TV and radio, and even on the internet!

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived in a Victorian lodging house at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Conan Doyle.
The house was built in 1815 .
It is open as a museum dedicated to the life and times of Sherlock Holmes.