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A Study in Scarlet

At the beginning of the story, we followed the life of John Watson, a man who graduated from the University of London with a medical degree and was not satisfied with his diploma, entered the army doctor course and later was summoned and served in the English army during the Second Afghan War. After being injured during the conflict Watson becomes ill and his health suffers a great decline, he goes on sick leave and is sent back to England in order to recover. Without having any family, Watson decides to live in London, but in the city he ends up spending practically all his money when he stays in a hotel and worried he sees the need to live in a cheaper place. In a Watson bar, he unexpectedly encounters Stamford, an old co-worker who presents him with the solution to his problem. "In 1878, I graduated as a doctor of medicine at the University of London and traveled to Netley to take the course recommended to surgeons in the army. After completing my studies there, I joined the 5th Regiment in due course Northumberland Infantry. The regiment was then quartered in India, and before I could enlist, the Second Anglo-Afghan War had broken out [...] "p. 11. This colleague of yours says that he has another acquaintance who wants to find a partner to share the rent for a house or apartment, but he is a man of "weird" ideas. Determined, Watson goes with his colleague to the chemical laboratory of the local hospital to meet this mysterious man, but when he gets there he is curious and fascinated with this man who makes an amazing observation, he says that Watson spent time in Afghanistan. This man has no higher education degree or "formal" education, but he proves to be extremely intelligent and insightful, this man is known as Sherlock Holmes.