Charles Horace Mayo

Charles Horace Mayo
Colonel Charles Mayo in the US Army Medical Corps Reserve
Born	July 19, 1865(1865-07-19) Rochester, MN
Died	May 26, 1939(1939-05-26) (aged 73) Chicago, IL
Citizenship	US
Nationality	American
Fields	Medicine & Surgery
Alma mater	Northwestern University
Known for	Founding of the Mayo Clinic

Charles Horace Mayo, M.D. (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

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 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.

Last office of Charles Mayo as it was during his lifetime.

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.

Doctors Mayo stamp

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 1930 and died of pneumonia in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. His two sons Charles William Mayo and Joseph G. Mayo both worked at the clinic. 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

• 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 4 (11): 25, 1995 Feb, PMID 7696772 
• Corman, M L (1982), "Classic articles in colonic and rectal surgery. Charles Horace Mayo, 1865-1939.", Dis. Colon Rectum 25 (7): 734–9, 1982 Oct, 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 19 (3): 11, 1982 Mar, PMID 7040978 
• Carson, C C (1981), "Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939).", Investigative urology 18 (4): 313–4, 1981 Jan, PMID 7005182 
• Agris, J (1980), "Stamps commemorating medicine. "The Doctors William James and Charles Horace Mayo".", The Journal of dermatologic surgery and oncology 6 (7): 523, 1980 Jul, PMID 6993517 

External links

• Mayo Clinic History