| "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" | |||
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| Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle | |||
 Hatherley loses his thumb whilst attempting his escape, 1892 illustration by Sidney Paget. | |||
 Text available at Wikisource | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction short stories | ||
| Publication | |||
| Published in | Strand Magazine | ||
| Publication date | March 1892 | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Series | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | ||
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"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in March 1892. Within the narrative of the story, Dr. Watson notes that this is one of only two cases which he personally brought to the attention of Sherlock Holmes.