Charles Horace Mayo
Charles Horace Mayo | |
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 Col. Charles Mayo in the Army Medic Corps | |
| Born | July 19, 1865 |
| Died | May 26, 1939 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Mayo Clinic |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | medicine |
Charles Horace Mayo (July 19, 1865 – May 26, 1939) was an American medical practitioner and was one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic along with his brother, William James Mayo, Drs. Augustus Stinchfield, Christopher Graham, E. Star Judd, Henry Stanley Plummer, Melvin Millet and Donald Balfour.
Career
Mayo graduated from the medical school of Northwestern University (now called the Feinberg School of Medicine) 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 Dr. Augustus Stinchfield, who was hired by Dr. 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.
The Mayo Clinic came to be regarded as one of the foremost medical treatment and research institutions in the world. Within Mayo's lifetime it registered one million patients.
The idea of medical specialization was developed by this group of medical pioneers. A close and enduring relationship between the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota Medical School developed. C. H. Mayo specialized in surgery of the thyroid and nervous system. 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 may have contributed to the medical practice's early surgical successes.
Legacy
Mayo retired in 1928 and died in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. His two sons Charles William Mayo and Joseph Mayo both worked at the clinic. The United States Postal Service printed a stamp depicting him and his brother on September 11, 1964.
References
- Clapesattle, Helen. The Doctors Mayo, University of Minnesota Press (1975). ISBN 0-8166-0465-7
- Jacek, 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, vol. 4, no. 11 (published 1995 Feb), p. 25, PMID:7696772
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|year=and|publication-date=(help) - Corman, M L (1982), "Classic articles in colonic and rectal surgery. Charles Horace Mayo, 1865-1939.", Dis. Colon Rectum, vol. 25, no. 7 (published 1982 Oct), pp. 734–9, PMID:6751724
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|year=and|publication-date=(help) - 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, vol. 19, no. 3 (published 1982 Mar), p. 11, PMID:7040978
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|year=and|publication-date=(help) - Carson, C C (1981), "Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939).", Investigative urology, vol. 18, no. 4 (published 1981 Jan), pp. 313–4, PMID:7005182
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|year=and|publication-date=(help) - Agris, J (1980), "Stamps commemorating medicine. "The Doctors William James and Charles Horace Mayo".", The Journal of dermatologic surgery and oncology, vol. 6, no. 7 (published 1980 Jul), p. 523, PMID:6993517
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