Joseph Bell (* 2 December 1837; "† 4 October 1911) is considered as a pioneer of the Forensik. In the year 1888 Jack kills the Ripper in London its fourth victim. Scotland yard searches thereupon advice with the physician Joseph Bell, which itself with that new area, which concerns Forensik.

Dr. Bell was a professor at the medical faculty of the university of Edinburgh in 19. Century. In its lectures it stressed the importance of exact observations for a diagnosis. In order to clarify this, it often took a stranger and derived from its observations the occupation and activities of that.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle met Bell 1877 and worked as his assistant on the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. The character of the Sherlock of cross-beam is based loosely on Joseph Bell. Dr. Bell was probably aware and proud of the inspiration on it.

Dr. Bell was also a body physician of Queen Victoria, if it stayed in Scotland. During its life-span he wrote different medical papers.

The BBC TV serial Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings OF Sherlock of cross-beam was an exaggerated representation of Doyles time as Bells assistant, in which the meaning of Bell for cross-beam a character was stronger than in the reality, Doyle became on an equal footing with Dr. Watson. Dr. Bell was explained by Ian Richardson.

In July 2005 with Stone Publishing House a book for school children named "“Dr Joseph Bell - the original Sherlock of cross-beam"” one brought out. Author is the historian from Kent Dr. Robert Hume, which before already books concerning Christopher Columbus and Perkin recruit-hit a corner wrote, the illustrations comes from Cheryl Ives.

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