<P> The story begins in 1881 , when Dr. Watson , having returned to London after serving in the Second Anglo - Afghan War , visits the Criterion Restaurant and runs into an old friend named Stamford , who had been a dresser under him at St. Bartholomew 's Hospital . Watson confides in Stamford that , due to a shoulder injury that he sustained at the Battle of Maiwand , he has been forced to leave the armed services and is now looking for a place to live . Stamford mentions that an acquaintance of his , Sherlock Holmes , is looking for someone to split the rent at a flat at 221B Baker Street , but he cautions Watson about Holmes 's eccentricities . </P>
<P> The story begins in 1881 , when Dr. Watson , having returned to London after serving in the Second Anglo - Afghan War , visits the Criterion Restaurant and runs into an old friend named Stamford , who had been a dresser under him at St. Bartholomew 's Hospital . Watson confides in Stamford that , due to a shoulder injury that he sustained at the Battle of Maiwand , he has been forced to leave the armed services and is now looking for a place to live . Stamford mentions that an acquaintance of his , Sherlock Holmes , is looking for someone to split the rent at a flat at 221B Baker Street , but he cautions Watson about Holmes 's eccentricities . </P>
when does a study in scarlet take place
when does a study in scarlet take place
1881
1881