Today marks the birth of the man who created the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes. To celebrate, here's one of the great detective stories in medical history.
I mean this is a super unfair characterization of both of them. While Arthur conan doyle may have believed in the supernatural, he was also a practising doctor. And according to the article, Koch, who had many other accomplishments as well, didn’t present his discovery as a cure at all, and was quick to retract his statement when it didn’t show much therapeutic value. It seems like this was more about the hype over his treatment getting blown out of proportion.
I mean this is a super unfair characterization of both of them. While Arthur conan doyle may have believed in the supernatural, he was also a practising doctor. And according to the article, Koch, who had many other accomplishments as well, didn’t present his discovery as a cure at all, and was quick to retract his statement when it didn’t show much therapeutic value. It seems like this was more about the hype over his treatment getting blown out of proportion.