Part I, Chapter 1
Watson's iconic opening: 'In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London...' establishing the narrator's voice and the Afghan war wound that introduces him to Holmes.
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The novel opens with Dr. John H. Watson's first-person account of his military service in Afghanistan and his return to London as a wounded, displaced veteran seeking lodgings.
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