title: Holmes, Watson and neurology.
abstract: Numerous neurological problems appear in the Sherlock Holmes stories. These include dementia, delirium, seizures, toxic-metabolic encephalopathies, syncope, movement disorders, cerebrovascular disease, and alocholism. Several problems of a neuropsychiatric nature, such as malingering and brain fever, are also reviewed. In addition, Holmes' knowledge of electroencephalography is revealed.
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000523:psychology