Episode 228 – Eyeglasses in the Canon

“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. 

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Sherlock Holmes: Trifles · Eyeglasses in the Canon

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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)
• Trifles Episode 46 - A History of Pince-Nez

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Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

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

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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