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THE DIAGNOSIS DETECTIVES

ne of the most famous fictional detectives of all time is Sherlock Holmes. Holmes uses his extraordinary skills of observation to crack seemingly impossible cases. What you might not know is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh before becoming a

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