He would have either interned (although I don't think they used that word) with an experienced physician, or he would have gone to medical school. In the 1870s, my great-grandfather, Dr. William Isaac Carlock, who practiced in Everton for some 50 years, did both: he initially trained with Dr. John King in Dadeville, and then attended (and graduated from) St. Louis Medical College, which had a two-year course of study. In about 1891, St. Louis Medical College was acquired by Washington University in St. Louis. As I recall, there also was another medical school in St. Louis, which ultimately became the medical school of St. Louis University. I believe these were the only such schools in Missouri, and the closest to Dade County. Steve Adamson

Steve, Any idea how we would find out if your Dr. William Isaac Carlock was the mentor of our Ewell LAFFOON? They were living in Everton, and it is listed on the 1870 census that he [Ewell] lists he is a physician..... Lanita