“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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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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