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Part 1: Chapters 1-3

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. Penguin Books, 2001. Paperback.

• Part 1 begins with a note that the story that follows is from the “reminiscences of John H. Watson MD, late of the Army Medical Department" (5).

• In Chapter 1, Watson commented that he took his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1878.

• He took a course for army surgeons and then went to join the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as an Assistant Surgeon.

• He arrived in Bombay when war broke out in Afghanistan.

• He and other officers traveled to Candahar, and he joined his regiment and started his duties.

• During the battle of Maiwand, he was injured by a Jezail gunshot to the shoulder.

• While recuperating, he caught the enteric fever.

• When he finally recovered, he was so weak and emaciated that he was sent back to...

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