1872

William Welch begins training at College of Physicians & Surgeons in NY, giving up his hope of becoming a Greek tutor at his alma mater, Yale, and is so greatly influenced by Edward Seguin that he wants to specialize in nervous diseases and becomes prosector to the anatomy professors (Flexner, 63-65). Welch graduates in 1875, winning thesis prize with essay on goiter, and is awarded internship at Bellevue Hospital (68).