The Dying Detective

Dr. Watson discovers that his close friend and colleague Sherlock Holmes is seriously ill. He comes to his apartment on Baker street, to visit and examine the patient. The landlady, Mrs. Hudson reports that Holmes bedridden for three days, and his situation is really too serious. Holmes was afraid to look — anyone would be shocked by the sight of his lean, gaunt face, with a sickly glow. Thin arms of a detective frantically moved the blanket, the voice of the great Holmes was hoarse and breaking. What kind of disease struck which upon the death of Holmes?