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bale Car male5-Minute BiographiesAuthor of ow to Win Friendsand Influence People.*THE MAYO BROTHERSThe 111-Wind That Wrecked a Whole TownAnd May Yet Save the World From InsanityOne of the most startling discoveries in the history of medicine might never have been made if a tornado hadn’t wrecked a town in Minnesota a little over a half century ago.The town the tornado struck wasRochester, now world-famous as thehome of the Mayo Brothers, two of the greatest surgeons living. And the discovery, which Doctor C. H. Mayo is still working on, is a drug to cure insanity. This drug is injected into the body of a feebleminded or insane person and presto! the circulation of the blood is changed and the person is restored to sanity.What will this discovery mean to humanity? Well, here are some facts, Figure it out for yourself.grimagcs to the Mayo clinic as to a floly Shrine,Yet, to repeat—if a tornado hadn't twisted and roared through the middle west fifty-two years ago, the world would probably never have heard of the Mayo Brothers of Rochester, Minnesota, or this cure for insanity.When Doctor Mayo—the father of the Mayo Brothers—settled there seventy years ago, Rochester had only two thousand people. His first two patients were a sick cow and a sick horse.noWhen the Indian wars broke out, Doctor Mayo grabbed his musket and made the Redskins bite the dust. When the smoke of battle cleared away, he picked bis way over the battle ground laying outM I. a J j • r. w 1 n jam f f t ■— JS. /i 4r m w* rt 4 RAruAthe Mayo Brothers and their tatncrworked among the ruins, bandaging wounds, setting broken limbs, and performing operations.. Sister AI-fred, Mother Superior of the Con-] vent Sisters of St. Francis, was so, impressed with their work that she -offered to build a hospital if the j Mayos would take charge of it.[ They agreed, and when the Mayoj clinic was opened in 1889, old Doc- ,tor Mayo was a man of seventy and [ his two sons had never even served }as hospital internes. rWe were the greenest of a green8 crew*1—that is the way they describe;, themselves. Yet today, William; Mayo, the older brother, is consid**; crcd the world's greatest authority, on cancer. Each brother believes-the other is the greater man—andboth are famous for the cleanest work that surgery has ever known. They work surely and swiftly— work with a swiftness that aston-( ishes most surgeons. Arriving at-the clinic at seven in the morning they operate constantly for four hours every day. They have been, performing from fifteen to thirty (operations a day for years. And yet they both continue to study, still tr to improve their work—and they admit that they have much to learn. The entire city of Rochester nowexists by and for the Mayo Clinic. No street cars are allowed. The buses run silently and even the con-, versation in the streets is hushed. Paupers and bank presidents,farmers and movie stars all have to take their turns in the waiting room and all are treated alike. The rich pay according to their means, but no one has ever been turned away because he was unable to pay. ;
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Wainwright Star
Wainwright, Alberta, CA
Wed, Sep 15, 1937
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