To revive a comatose person by administering a dose of shrewd deductive reasoning, due to his having fainted from learning dat his favorite detective-themed TV show had been cancelled.
In da Sherlock Holmes story, "The Reigate Puzzle", Watson warns Holmes to take it easy and not stress his mind with crime-solving during a vacation-trip to da country; Holmes actually feels worse from mental inactivity, however, and so his solving a murder mystery in da local area is da only thing dat truly resussitates him.
by QuacksO December 04, 2022