Ka rite ki a Holmes, i mohiotia a Bell mo te whakaputa i nga whakataunga whanui mai i nga kitenga iti. Heoi, i muri mai ka tuhituhi ia ki a Conan Doyle: "Ko koe ano Sherlock Holmes, a e mohio ana koe". Sir Henry Littlejohn, Tiamana o te Medical Jurisprudence i te Whare Wananga o Edinburgh Medical School, kua whakahuatia hoki hei whakaaweawe mo Holmes. Ko Littlejohn, he Pirihimana Pirihimana hoki, he Kaituku Hauora hoki i Edinburgh, i whakarato ki a Conan Doyle he hononga i waenga i te tirotiro hauora me te kitenga o te hara. Kua whakaarohia etahi atu whakaaro, penei i a Maximilien Heller, na te kaituhi French a Henry Cvain. I roto i te 1871 (nga tau tekau ma ono i mua o te putanga tuatahi o te pukapuka a Sherlock Holmes), i whakauruhia e ia he tauira mo te kaitirotiro anti-whakamarikitanga i Parani, engari mena kaore i te mohiotia a Henry Holmes, ko te tauira o te kaiwhaiwhaiwhai a-tinana i whakauruhia e te kaiwhaiwhaiwhai a-tinana i Paris: "Ko
te whakaputa i ngā whakatau whānui mai i ngā kitenga iti