stethoscope-bearing

Updated: June 22, 2025

The line of heavy, bulge-pocketed overcoats and of stethoscope-bearing top hats is gone from the hotel corridor. Round the fire in the sitting-room three medicos are still lingering, however, all smoking and arguing, while a fourth, who is a mere layman and young at that, sits back at the table.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Round the Red Lamp