biomedicalephemera: Drs. Charles Horace Mayo and William James Mayo in operating room in the first operating room at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN. 1904.  The brothers Mayo founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester in 1919, from the private practice they once shared with their father. They brought on six other doctors that they knew well, and this group of eight practitioners was the first in the world to emphasize specialization (especially ophthalmology and surgery of the thyroid and nervous system) and an integrated group practice, where you could still go to one place to be treated, but different doctors had different specializations. In 1964, a 5-cent postage stamp was released with the brothers’ likenesses on it. (via imgTumble)
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biomedicalephemera:

Drs. Charles Horace Mayo and William James Mayo in operating room in the first operating room at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN. 1904. 

The brothers Mayo founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester in 1919, from the private practice they once shared with their father. They brought on six other doctors that they knew well, and this group of eight practitioners was the first in the world to emphasize specialization (especially ophthalmology and surgery of the thyroid and nervous system) and an integrated group practice, where you could still go to one place to be treated, but different doctors had different specializations.

In 1964, a 5-cent postage stamp was released with the brothers’ likenesses on it.

(via imgTumble)
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