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Mason Clinic

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Today in Masonic History Charles Horace Mayo is born in 1865.

 

Charles Horace Mayo was an American physician.

 

Mayo was born on July 18th, 1865 in Rochester, Minnesota. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1888 with his M.D. He went to receive his Masters of Arts in 1904 Northwestern. He also did postgraduate work at a variety of schools.

 

In 1889, Mayo joined his father's private practice along with his brother. His father retired just three years later. This left Mayo, his brother and several doctors in practice together which would become the beginnings of the Mayo Clinic.

 

During World War I, Mayo served as a colonel in the United States Army, Medical Corp. After the war he was chief consultant for Office of Surgeon General and was brigadier general in Medical Reserve.

 

After the war, Mayo, among other things became the surgeon to St. Mary's and Worrall hospitals. He also became the professor of surgery for the Medical School at the University of Minnesota from 1919-36.

 

It was also in 1919, the members of the practice that Mayo's father had started decided to make the clinic not-for-profit. It was the world's first "integrated group practice" and 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. The partners in the Clinic demanded a high level of sterility in all of the surgical theaters, beyond the standards of the time, this helped in their success as a practice. The idea of medical specialization was started by the founders of the Mayo Clinic, including Mayo himself.

 

The Clinic began in the Masonic Temple in Rochester, Minnesota until Mayo and his brother donated a combined $2.8 million dollars for the construction of a new facility.

 

Mayo retired in 1930 and passed away on May 26th, 1939 from pneumonia. One of his two sons, Joseph Graham predeceased him when his truck was struck by a train, killing Joseph and his hunting dog. Joseph and the dog were buried together.

 

Mayo was a member of Rochester Lodge No. 21 in Rochester, Minnesota. He was also a member of Halcyon Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons and a member of Home Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar. He was a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and received his 33ยฐ in 1935.

 

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Anonymous ID: 3a383c Jan. 19, 2022, 10:37 p.m. No.15420181   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Research Paper โ€“ The Mayo Brothers

The Mayo Brothers

By Richard Mullard, P.M.

 

Rochester is the home of the world famous Mayo Clinic. I made several inquiries with respect to the Mayo Brothers Masonic membership. I was finally referred to the Mayo Historical Suite on the third floor of the Plummer Building across the street from the Mayo Clinic, where we were told that there were replicas of the offices of the brothers as well as an archivist that might be able to answer my questions.

 

We learned that there were three generations of the Mayo family that played roles in the development of Masonry in Rochester. Dr. William Worrall Mayo emigrated from his native England to the United States, arriving in New York in August of 1846. He received his first formal training in Indiana where he graduated from Indiana Medical College in 1850. When his mentor, a Dr. Deming, joined the University of Missouri Medical Department, Dr. Mayo worked as an assistant, receiving a degree from that University in 1854.

 

Returning to Indiana, he contracted a malaria-like disease. Impatient with his suffering, he announced to his wife that he was setting off to a place where he could regain his health. His explorations led him to St. Paul, MN in 1854 then to LeSueur in 1856. In 1863, Dr. Mayoโ€™s skill as a physician was recognized when president Lincoln appointed him as a Civil War examining surgeon for the Union Army enrollment Board. As a result, the Mayo family moved from LeSueur to Rochester where the enrollment board was headquartered. It was also in 1863 that Dr. William Mayo became a Master Mason. His youngest son, Dr. Charles H., joined the lodge in 1890 and over the years took membership in the Knights Templar and the Shrine. He was coroneted a 33rd degree Inspector General Honorary in the Scottish Rite. Dr. Charlieโ€™s two sons, Drs. Charles W. and Joseph G. Mayo, were also active in the Lodge, with Charles W. receiving a variety of honors.

 

On August 21, 1883, a tornado ravaged Rochester, MN, destroying most of its homes and businesses on the north side. At the time of the disaster, Rochester had no medical facility to treat the hundreds of victims. Many injured were left homeless and without medical attention. Dr. William W. and his son, William J. an 1883 graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School worked to treat the residents during the aftermath of the disaster. Medical shelters were established throughout the city in buildings that remained standing.

 

Hotels, dance halls and lodge rooms were turned into hospitals and served as surgical wards and emergency rooms. In an effort to assist the Mayos, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Roman Catholic Church headed by Mother Alfred Moes and Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey volunteered their services as nurses.

 

Dismayed by Rochesterโ€™s lack of medical preparedness during the disaster, the sisters collected donations for a much-needed medical facility. In 1889, Saint Maryโ€™s Hospital was built with $60,000 in donations from the cityโ€™s residents. The sisters asked Dr. William H. to head the new facility, and his sons joined him in providing medical care there. Charles H. a graduate of the Chicago Medical College of Northwestern University had joined the practice in 1888. Rochester Methodist Hospital was constructed in 1954.

 

The Mayo brothers helped erect the Rochester Masonic Temple in 1900. They were among its first occupants. When the Masonic temple Building was completed in January 1901, Drs. Mayo, Stinchfield and Graham were already occupying their new offices in it. Located on the site of the present Centerplace Building, the three-story brick structure was 110 feet long by 50 feet wide. The first story provided space for the Mayo offices and the Weber and Heintz drug store. The Mayos expanded several times at this location, by constructing adjoining annexes. Until the completion of the first Mayo Clinic Building in 1914, the Masonic Building and its annexes housed the Mayo practice. The building was destroyed by fire in 1916. Another Masonic Building was erected in itโ€™s place in 1917. In recent years, this structure was removed to make way for the present Centerplace Building. The Lodge Building is now located out on 2nd Avenue.

 

The Mayo brothers, Drs. William J. and Charlie H. and Sister Mary Joseph all passed away in the same year, 1939.

 

Bibliography:

 

Mayo Roots, Clark W. Nelson โ€“ Mayo Historical Unit

 

Rochester, Minnesota Home Page, http://www.rochesterusa.com/History.html

 

Teamwork at Mayo, Carolyn Stickney Beck, Ph.D. โ€“ Mayo Center for Humanities