Surgeons' Hall Museums' iconic William Playfair building at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The Wohl Pathology Museum, one of the most historic collections of surgical pathology in the world

Book said to be made from William Burke's skin in our History of Surgery Museum

Artwork depicting historic tooth extraction methods is displayed in our Dental Collection

Arthur Conan Doyle's Letter

Continuing with our weekly objects, we look at a letter from Arthur Conan Doyle to Joseph Bell. Conan Doyle was a medical graduate of the University of Edinburgh and a medical student of Joseph Bell. Conan Doyle has always credited Bell as the inspiration for his character Sherlock Holmes, which was down to the fine diagnostic ability Bell possessed. In this letter, our current object of the week, Doyle expresses that it is “most certainly to you that I owe Sherlock Holmes”.

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Arthur Conan Doyle's Letter

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