born in 1850 in Norwolk (Connecticut) in a family which already had several doctors. At sixteen he entered Yale University and also studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
When he graduated, he accepted a post at the Norwich Academy in New York, in 1870.
was in 1875 when he received the title of Medical Doctor.
traveled to Europe to familiarize themselves with the emerging field of bacteriology where he studied, among others, Robert Koch.
In 1893 he was appointed first dean of the School of Medicine, where he did basic research but also clinical research. Conducted numerous autopsies, including a 38 year old man, who had become infectious with a mass in the infraclavicular and mammary region, which evolved into a fatally gas gangrene. During the autopsy, the opening of the wall of a vein produced a minor explosion at a small flame, so it appeared that was full of gas. Microscopically observed the presence of large numbers of bacilli of 3-5 mm in length, with slightly rounded edges and capped. This finding was presented
at a meeting of John Hopkins Hospital Medical Society in 1891. FH George Nutall the bacterium called Bacillus aerogenes capsulatus (Welch bacillus), now known as Clostridium perfingens . This discovery was a major step to combat serious complications in the evolution of the wounds, gas gangrene and intestinal infections.
He retired with 80 years in 1930, and died in 1934 of a gastrointestinal carcinoma. Author
work: Roda Pérez, Lourdes.
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