He was a short, round Santa Claus of a man, with a 5¢ cigar stuck in his mouth and a twinkle in his eye. He was also the greatest public-health statesman in the world. This week the full story of this remarkable man, Dr. William Henry Welch, and his remarkable career was told.*
In 1878, when "Popsy" Welch opened the first pathology laboratory in the U.S., there were no medical schools that taught bacteriology, biochemistry, microscopic anatomy, public health. By the time he died, in 1934, at the age of 84, the U.S. had become the...
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