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Dr. Joseph Bell

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    (December 2, 1837-October 4, 1911)
    Resided in Edinburgh, Scotland
    Consulting surgeon to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
    Professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School
    Inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a pompous know-it-all.
    He had a raspy voice and beaky nose.
    He cockily identified a patient as a brass band member based on his distended cheeks, only to learn the guy played the drums.
    He loved to torture his students and make them feel stupid.
    He once dipped his finger in a test tube, sucked on it, then passed the tube around and told his students to do the same. When they did, he said they should have noticed he was sucking on a different finger, and told them they had just tasted urine.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was famous for his powers of observation and deduction.
    He believed patients were often misdiagnosed because doctors didn't pay attention to the little details.
    He got his raspy voice by sucking the poison out of a diphtheria patient.
    He was knowledgeable about many different subjects.
    He started the first Scottish training program for nurses.
    His student, Arthur Conan Doyle, used his personality to create Sherlock Holmes, one of the most popular characters of all time.
    It can be said that he and Doyle were the real-life Holmes and Watson.
    Rumor has it he figured out who Jack the Ripper was, and helped Scotland Yard stop his murdering spree (even though the killer's identity was never made public).

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 49.30% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 49.61% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 217 Votes: 47.93% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying