They also did not want him to leave these years as mysterious so they told him He attempted to do the project would be delayed by legal battles for years. Regard that would they allow Baring-Gould to examine these early years and if Holmes, as a representative of the family, stressed that in no There were however large gaps in the information about HolmesĮarly life. Baring-Gould on this biography, by posingĪs a member of the Holmes family supplying Baring-Gould with material for

The similarities however are easilyĮxplained. Waters about his early life and true age. Baring-Gould’s biography of Sherlock Holmes and Sabineīaring-Gould’s autobiography would please Holmes, since he wanted to muddy the The dates in Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street because of the similaritiesīetween W. Holmes would not attract attention when he was supposed to be nearing seventy. Russell was layingĭown the foundation for a “younger” Holmes so that a healthy and vigorous With Holmes yet also writing several years after the fact. Russell was writing a public account of her life King believed Mary Russell when she stated that Holmes was fifty-four when Progress by 1915, enough perhaps to slow down his aging. His elixir in 1909 so despite some interruptions, he may have made some Holmes slightly younger in 1915 when he met Mary Russell, he being 54 and sheġ5, by the time that they married in 1921 he would have been 60 and she 21,īeen a reason why a careful researcher such as Baring –Gould picked the 1854ĭate for Sherlock Holmes birth and there also must be a reason for Laurie King’sīelief that Holmes was younger than most people thought. The Gloria Scott was lost) by this accounting Holmes was seventeen at this The Gloria Scott for her dating using the internal dates to date theĪdventure in 1885 (it is stated that it took place thirty years from 1855 when King’s view the 1854 date was in essence lifted from Baring-Gould’s autobiography. Holmes background on the life of his grandfather as recounted in Sabineīaring-Gould’s autobiography, Early Reminiscences. King disputesīaring-Gold’s earlier date since it appears that Baring-Gould based much of State of geriatric medicine at the turn of the century. There can be a world of difference between the ages ofĥ4 and 61 as far as physical deterioration goes, especially in terms of the While a difference of seven years does seem like a smallĭifference when discussing these years as part of the span of a man’s life, itĬan mean a great deal. Papers indicate that he was 54 in 1915 when he met his future wife, giving himĪ birth date of 1861. He was alsoįeeling the infirmities of age and felt that his studies of the habits of beesĪnd his quest for the elixir of life would prove challenges for his waningĪbout Holmes age. Solving and so were confined to such things as research on stains for theĪfter being a consulting detective for a over two decades Holmes grew boredĪs the cases seemed less and less challenging to his intellect. He did carry out some biochemical experimenation, these experiments, as withĪll of his other chemical work were to aid Holmes in main his vocation of crime Small laboratory and as a compliment to his main profession of detection. Is no denying that Holmes was a genius and an accomplished chemist, it shouldĪlso be remembered that his chemical experiments were performed in a rather Sherlock Holmes’ achievement was remarkable not simply for its biologicalĮffects but because it was accomplished by an “amateur” biochemist. Like honey and beewax, royal jelly has been used for centuriesĪs a consumable good by human beings. This feeding triggers the necessary biological changes to create a Is needed a particular hatching will be fed only royal jelly and in large ItĬomprises part of the diet of all of the young in a hive. Royal jelly is a substance secreted from the heads of young worker bees.

The pollen from certain rare species of plants contained this long sought after

Holmes discovered that the royal jelly created when a certain bee species ate That could extend life, but one that also rejuvenated the aged back to youthful Holmes had not merely discovered an Elixir of Life, that is a chemical formula

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