A static visual representation

William Henry Welch

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Portrait of William Henry Welch, MD (1850-1934) in military officer’s uniform. Dr. Welch taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Pathology from 1878 to 1884. Welch served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the Reserve Corps and earning a Distinguished Service Medal for his wartime service.

Douglas Symmers

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Portrait of Douglas Symmers, MD (1879-1952), with the inscription “To Chubby and Clarence-Douglas Symmers.” Dr. Symmers served as Professor of Gross Pathology at New York University College of Medicine from 1934 to 1945. He also served as the Director of Laboratories at Bellevue Hospital.