Conan Doyle akataura kakawanda kuti Holmes akafuridzirwa nehupenyu chaihwo hwaJoseph Bell, chiremba paRoyal Infirmary yeEdinburgh, uyo Conan Doyle akasangana naye muna 1877 uye akashanda semunyori. SaHolmes, Bell akazivikanwa nekutora mhedziso huru kubva pakucherechedza kwemaminitsi. Zvisinei, akazonyorera Conan Doyle: "Iwe ndiwe Sherlock Holmes uye unozviziva". Sir Henry Littlejohn, Sachigaro weMedical Jurisprudence paYunivhesiti yeEdinburgh Medical School, anodanwawo semukurudziro yaHolmes. Littlejohn, uyo aivewo Chiremba weMapurisa uye Chiremba wezvehutano muEdinburgh, akapa Conan Doyle nehukama pakati pekutsvaga kwekurapa uye kuwanikwa kwemhosva. Zvimwe zvinokurudzirwa zvakataurwa, zvakadai saMaximilien Heller, nemunyori wechiFrench Henry Cauvain.
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