Arthur Conan Doyle and Edmond Locard, or, How literature influenced science
Arthur Conan Doyle et Edmond Locard ou comment la littérature a influencé la science
Résumé
Arthur Conan Doyle and Edmond Locard were doctor-writers. They would correspond and meet. Surgeon Joseph Bell inspired Conan Doyle, who would also become an investigator. Literature (the character Sherlock Holmes) influenced Locard’s vocation as a pioneering forensic criminologist, which also influenced detective literature. This example of continuous cooperation between medicine and literature, working in both directions, remains original and relatively unknown.
Arthur Conan Doyle et Edmond Locard sont des médecins-écrivains. Ils vont correspondre et se rencontrer. Le chirurgien Joseph Bell a inspiré Conan Doyle, qui deviendra aussi enquêteur. La littérature (le personnage de Sherlock Holmes) a influencé la vocation de criminologiste scientifique pionnier de Locard, qui a aussi influencé la littérature policière… Cet exemple de coopération incessante entre médecine et littérature, s’exerçant dans les deux sens, demeure encore originale et assez méconnue.