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Volume 36 Number 1 Fall 2013 The Journal of the Bootmakers of Toronto Volume 36 Number 1 Fall 2013 Canadian Holmes is published by The Bootmakers of Toronto, the Sherlock Holmes Society of Canada. Bootprints (editors) are Mark and JoAnn Alberstat, 46 Kingston Crescent, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B3A 2M2, Canada, to whom letters and editorial submissions should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected] Membership and subscription rates Canadian Individual - Cdn$35.00 Canadian Joint (One copy of CH per household) - Cdn$45.00 Canadian Student (Full-time student 16+) - Cdn$25.00 U.S. Individual - US$40.00 U.S. Associate - US$35.00 International - US$40.00 Past Issues of Canadian Holmes, including postage - Cdn$12.00 per copy Further Subscription information and details are available on the society’s website, www.torontobootmakers.com. Business correspondence should be addressed to The Bootmakers of Toronto, PO Box 1157, TDC Postal Station, 77 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1P2, Canada. Copyright © 2013 The Bootmakers of Toronto. Copyright in all individual articles is hereby assigned to their respective authors. Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement Number 40038614, The Bootmakers of Toronto, PO Box 1157, TDC Postal Station, 77 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1P2, Canada. Return postage guaranteed. ISSN 0319-4493. Printed in Canada. Cover: ACD, the reason we all “hear of Sherlock everywhere.” Canadian Holmes Volume 36 Number 1 Fall 2013 One hundred and thirty-seventh issue Contents Canadian Holmes Fall 2013 Volume 36 Number 1 Traces of Bootprints 1 By JoAnn and Mark Alberstat From Mrs. Hudson’s Kitchen 2 By Wendy Heyman-Marsaw Sherlock Holmes in ‘The Hands of the Jews:’ 5 Jewish Stereotypes in the Canon By Clifford S. Goldfarb and Hartley R. Nathan Strictly Personal: Thelma Beam 17 Sherlockian Thoughts on the Danforth: A Tale of Two 18 Multicultural Cities By Chris Redmond Science and Sherlock Holmes 23 By Dana Richards From the Editors’ Bookshelf 31 Letters From Lomax 33 By Peggy Perdue News Notes 35 By Susan Fitch Photos from the 2nd Annual Can-Am BOT-BSI Silver Blaze Event 36 Photos by Bruce Aikin and Peter Calamai Bootmakers’ Diary 37 By Donny Zaldin RACES OF BOOTPRINTS Becoming a fan again I have been a Sherlockian for more than 30 years. I started off by enjoying the original stories and my love of those grew when I started the local club here in Halifax, the Spence Munros. To sit around a table and talk Sherlock once every couple of months was a dream come true for me when I was in my mid-teens. We sat in a conference room at Saint Mary’s University Library, surrounded by show-and-tell items brought for that meeting about a fictional character. When I slowly learned about the wider Sherlockian world, I corresponded with like-minded people from across North America and around the world. I would regularly receive packages in the mail from the likes of John Bennett Shaw, Rev. Ben Wood and our own, and very encouraging, Cameron Hollyer. The years went by and my interest became more academic as I read biographies of Doyle and tried my hand at writing the ocassional scholarly paper for Canadian Holmes. It was a hobby I enjoyed but felt there were so few of us that it was a hobby to keep under wraps. The recent rennaissance in everything Sherlock has made me a fan again and a recent article in the local newspaper has brought people to my desk at work asking about Sherlock, the club and my thoughts on everything from Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch to The House of Silk. TV series such as Elementary, Sherlock and the explosion of interest in Holmes on the Internet, the twitter-sphere, tumblr and other online destinations have also renewed my interest and not just as a Sherlockian who spends too much time reading into the minutaie of each story but a follower who enjoys the fan fiction and playful T- shirts as much as the scholarly articles. In fact, you can now follow @CanadianHolmes on Twitter. Fans today come in all varieties. From cosplay fans, who have costumes that would make most theatre productions envious, to those who have original letters and manuscripts from the hand of Conan Doyle, we are all of the same ilk. For today’s fan, it is all good, it is all fun and all worthy of our time. With this current edition in your hand, sit back, relax and enjoy our wide world of Sherlock. This issue plays the great game of Holmes being a real person with our Mrs. Hudson column and Dana Richard’s article on Science and Sherlock Holmes. We also feature an article from Cliff Goldfarb and Hartley Nathan as they look into anti-Semitism in the Canon and in literature, in the time when Doyle was spinning the yarns we all know and love so well. Canadian Holmes Fall 2013 1 From Mrs. Hudson’s Kitchen This column is by Mrs. Hudson herself and dictated to Wendy Heyman-Marsaw, a Sherlockian living in Halifax. Mrs. Hudson provided this photograph of herself at age 24, taken on the occasion of her betrothal to Mr. Hudson. Illness, Medicine, Poison and Mrs. Hudson …a telegram from Lyons which informed me that Holmes was lying ill… Within 24 hours I was in his sickroom…even his iron constitution, however, had broken down under the strain of an investigation. — Dr. Watson (REIG) Drink this. I dashed some brandy into the water, and the colour began to come back to his bloodless checks….I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it and finally covered it over with cotton wadding and carbolized bandages. – Dr. Watson (ENGR) We were very fortunate to live during a time of great advances in medicine. The following is a list of the most important: nitrous oxide, the stethoscope and thermometer were invented and carbolic acid disinfectant. As well, The Lancet was first published (Dr. Watson is an avid reader of this publication), the use of chloroform for surgery was developed, and germ theory led to diagnoses for scarlet fever, croup, syphilis, gonorrhea, typhoid and typhus. Great advances were made but there were great threats as well. It was not until 1850 that it was recognized that both cholera and typhoid were transmitted through drinking water that was contaminated with faeces. Legislation to improve London’s water supply was passed in 1855. In 1872 the Food, Drink and Drugs Act protected the poor by eliminating adulterated foods such as plaster of Paris in bread, rotten food and strychnine in beer. Fog caused respiratory diseases that led to pneumonia and pleurisy, resulting in thousands of deaths. Tuberculosis accounted for more than 20 million deaths during the 19th century. Although the poor were most affected, Queen Victoria’s beloved husband Prince Albert was among those who succumbed. Physicians were exalted over surgeons for many years. Doctors attended medical school for three or four years or more, whereas surgeons merely apprenticed for a year. The surgeons were considered glorified butchers. The best of the lot were those who could amputate in the shortest length of time. 2 Canadian Holmes Fall 2013 Thus, they held the title of simply “Mr.” which continues to the present day. Doctors were expensive and ministered predominantly to the middle and upper classes. A Harley Street address was highly desirable, as it is today. Medical school graduates could become Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP). Dear Dr. Watson had to take special instruction in surgery before he went out to Afghanistan and thus is very qualified both as a physician and surgeon. Most doctors perceived their role simply as observing the patient’s symptoms, deciding upon a diagnosis, and prescribing medications and diet. Hands-on ministering such as palpating, and use of the recently-invented stethoscope were avoided until other physicians had success with these new methods. The poor could not afford the luxury of doctors. They relied on apothecaries, chemists and druggists. In dire straights, the poor resorted to overcrowded and filthy hospitals. The nurses were often inebriated and simply changed the slops and delivered watery gruel for meals. When Florence Nightingale returned from Scutari in the Crimea, she was horrified at the conditions and nursing staff. She founded the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas Hospital. The first students were admitted in 1860. Her graduates were considered to be “true professional women.” Miss Nightingale had more medical skills than many Harley Street physicians. In 1907 she became the first woman to receive The Order of Merit. Miss Nightingale, ill and weak, worked well into her 90s. The century also produced a plethora of so-called patent medicines (which did not have patents at all). Apothecaries, chemists, druggists and pharmacists enjoyed a surge in business from the poor and middle class, who sought cures for every ailment. Jesse Boots took over the family chemist shop in 1877. By 1931 there were more than 1,000 Boots the Chemist outlets in Great Britain. Druggists, chemists and pharmacists developed numerous remedies. These were often poisonous, habit forming or ineffective products. They contained ingredients, including laudanum, opium, morphine, cocaine and arsenic, high concentrations of alcohol, lead, zinc, mercury and digitalis. Nourishing Meals for the Invalid (Approved by Florence Nightingale) These are rules to be observed in cooking for invalids: Let all the kitchen utensils be delicately and scrupulously clean. Never make a large quantity of one thing and it is desirable that variety be provided for them. Always have something in readiness should the invalid desire sustenance. If obliged to wait too long, the patient loses his or her desire to eat.
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