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Episode 377 - The Effect of Trades on the Body
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Episode 377 - The Effect of Trades on the Body

“the weaver by his tooth or the compositor by his thumb” [COPP]

On the third week of every month, we look at a piece of Sherlockian scholarship in a series we call “Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist.” In this episode, the article “The Effect of Trades on the Body” by Remsen Ten Eyck Schenck from Vol. 3, No. 1 of The Baker Street Journal in 1953 serves as our anchor.

Schenck offers a look at one of the monographs Holmes mentioned in The Sign of Four and proceeds to compare it with medical literature to draw conclusions about Holmes's work. And it's just a Trifle.

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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra 

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band 

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You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and answers questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.