The Resident Patient May 2026

A specialist in nervous maladies and catalepsy who seeks Holmes’s help after his practice is "intruded" upon.

Holmes’s loyal companion and the story's narrator. The Resident Patient

The narrative follows Dr. Percy Trevelyan, a talented but penniless physician who enters into a singular business arrangement with a mysterious benefactor named Mr. Blessington. Blessington funds a prestigious practice for Trevelyan in exchange for a large share of the profits and a room in the house as a "resident patient". The case shifts from a medical curiosity to a capital crime when Blessington is found dead under suspicious circumstances, eventually revealed by Holmes as a calculated act of revenge. A specialist in nervous maladies and catalepsy who