“I stooped to the eyepiece and focussed for my vision.” [SHOS]
Given Arthur Conan Doyle's training in the field of eye medicine, it's no surprise that we find a number of Sherlock Holmes characters who wear glasses.
In fact, an entire story is named after a set of eyewear. Who were some of the bespectacled band in the Sherlock Holmes stories? It's just a Trifle.
Links / Notes
This episode: ihose.co/trifles228
What Did Victorians Make of Spectacles? (Wellcome Library Blog via Wayback Machine)
Arthur Conan Doyle's medical career (Wikipedia)
"The Bespectacled Band" (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere)
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