Round the red lamp : being facts and fancies of the medical life.
Arthur Conan Doyle. London : Methuen & Co., 1894.
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British physician who studied at the University of Edinburgh Medical School as well as a prolific writer. While he is most known for his character Sherlock Holmes and his impact on the mystery-detective fiction genre, he also wrote many other works, including Round the red lamp. Named after the lamps that signified general practitioners in England, the work was a collection of medical and fantasy stories describing botched amputations, childbirth, and syphilis.
One of the stories, Lot No. 249, was the first work in English literature to portray reanimated mummies as dangerous. In addition to fiction and fantasy, Doyle also wrote a number of essays and articles on medical subjects, including compulsory vaccination.