In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy’s country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties.
The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.
1 A Study in Scarlet
2 The Sign of Four
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
3 A Scandal in Bohemia
4 The Red-Headed League
5 A Case of Identity
6 The Boscombe Valley Mystery
7 The Five Orange Pips
8 The Man with the Twisted Lip
9 The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
10 The Adventure of the Speckled Band
11 The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
12 The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
13 The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
14 The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
15 The Adventure of Silver Blaze
16 The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
17 The Adventure of the Yellow Face
18 The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
19 The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
20 The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
21 The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
22 The Adventure of the Crooked Man
23 The Adventure of the Resident Patient
24 The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
25 The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
26 The Adventure of the Final Problem
27 The Field Bazaar
28 The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
29 The Adventure of the Empty House
30 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
31 The Adventure of the Dancing Men
32 The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
33 The Adventure of the Priory School
34 The Adventure of Black Peter
35 The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
36 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
37 The Adventure of the Three Students
38 The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
39 The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
40 The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
41 The Adventure of the Second Stain
His Last Bow
42 The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
43 The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
44 The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
45 The Adventure of the Red Circle
46 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
47 The Adventure of the Dying Detective
49 His Last Bow
48 The Valley of Fear
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
50 The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
51 The Problem of Thor Bridge
52 The Adventure of the Creeping Man
53 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
54 How Watson Learned the Trick
55 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
56 The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
57 The Adventure of the Three Gables
58 The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
59 The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
60 The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
61 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
62 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
