Charles Horace Mayo
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| Charles Horace Mayo | |
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Colonel Charles Mayo in the US Army Medical Corps Reserve
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| Born | July 19, 1865 Rochester, Minnesota |
| Died | May 26, 1939 (aged 73) Chicago, Illinois |
| Citizenship | U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Medicine, Surgery |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Known for | Founding of the Mayo Clinic |
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Career
Charles graduated from the medical school of Northwestern University in 1888 and joined his father, William Worrall Mayo, and older brother, William James Mayo, in their private medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota.The Mayos' first partner was Augustus Stinchfield, who was hired by William Worrall Mayo. Once in place as a partner in the private practice, W. W. Mayo retired at age 73. The private practice became the not-for-profit Mayo Clinic in 1919. At that point, the remaining partners went on salary, and the Mayo Properties Association was established. The world's first "integrated group practice" was established by the seven partners and staff.
He was also responsible for the clinic's ophthalmic patients until 1908. He and early partners insisted on sterile conditions in the operating room, and that was one of many factors which contributed to the medical practice's early surgical successes.
Legacy
Mayo retired in 1930 and died of pneumonia in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. His two sons Charles William Mayo and Joseph Graham Mayo both worked at the clinic. Joseph Graham Mayo was killed in November 1936 in an accident when a train hit his car killing him and his hunting dog, Floosie. Mr. Mayo and his dog were buried in the same casket.[1] And a grandson, Charles Horace Mayo II, served a residency at the clinic. The United States Postal Service printed a stamp depicting him and his brother on September 11, 1964.References
- LIFE. Nov 23, 1936.
- Clapesattle, Helen. The Doctors Mayo, University of Minnesota Press (1975). ISBN 0-8166-0465-7
- 324, B (1995), "Man behind the instrument (11). Mayo, William Worrall (1819-1911) Mayo, William James (1861-1939) Mayo, Charles Horace (1865-1939).", The British journal of theatre nursing : NATNews : the official journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses (Feb 1995) 4 (11): 25, PMID 7696772
- Corman, M L (1982), "Classic articles in colonic and rectal surgery. Charles Horace Mayo, 1865-1939.", Dis. Colon Rectum (Oct 1982) 25 (7): 734–9, PMID 6751724
- Brahma, B; Singh, M; James, W; Horace, C (1982), "The man behind the name: Dr. William Worral Mayo - b. 1819, Dr William James 1861-1939, Dr Charles Horace 1865-1939.", NATNews (Mar 1982) 19 (3): 11, PMID 7040978
- Carson, C C (1981), "Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939).", Investigative urology (Jan 1981) 18 (4): 313–4, PMID 7005182
- Agris, J (1980), "Stamps commemorating medicine. "The Doctors William James and Charles Horace Mayo".", The Journal of dermatologic surgery and oncology (Jul 1980) 6 (7): 523, PMID 6993517
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| Preceded by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy |
Cover of Time Magazine 22 June 1925 |
Succeeded by Theodore E. Burton |
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