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  "id": 16336051,
  "title": "The Real Medical Detective Who Inspired Sherlock Holmes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/the-real-medical-detective-who-inspired-sherlock-holmes",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-24T14:36:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-10-24/the-real-medical-detective-who-inspired-sherlock-holmes-video"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris tells Bloomberg This Weekend how Scottish surgeon Joseph Bell’s remarkable powers of observation inspired his student Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. Speaking with hosts Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo, Fitzharris discusses her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes, and Bell’s largely forgotten work applying his diagnostic…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}