William Worrall Mayo
William Worrall Mayo ( born May 31, 1819 in Eccles, † March 6, 1911 in Rochester, Minnesota ) was an English physician and chemist. In 1889 he founded at the urging of the Sisters of St. Francis in Rochester, the Mayo Clinic. He was the father of Charles Horace Mayo and William James Mayo.
Life
William Worrall Mayo was born in 1819 as the son of a sailing ship captain in England. Although he had studied medicine, he completed a diploma. 1845 Mayo went to America and worked as an assistant pharmacist. Only a short time later he left the medical field and opened in Lafayette, Indiana, a tailor's shop. When cholera broke out, all medical workers were needed for Mayo and was quickly appointed to the doctor. On stolen corpses Mayo renewed his medical knowledge and his PhD degree. Yet he did not subsequently worked as a doctor, but returned to the profession of pharmacy. Besides, he also worked as a newspaper editor and riverboat captain. The American Civil War verschlug Mayo to Rochester, Minnesota, where he worked as a physician and mayor. Public awareness and recognition gained Mayo, when he managed to remove an ovarian tumor.
1883 a hurricane raged in Rochester and a small clinic was established, whose line William Worrall Mayo took over. Within a short time, the small clinic by their courage to new treatments and modern diagnostic methods to the well -known hospital in the United States. In 1888, Mayo built the clinic along with his sons William and Charles phased out. Today, the Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and most important hospitals in the world. In addition to the main buildings in the city center ( outpatient and inpatient treatment conservative ) belong to the complex even the Saint Marys ( 58 operating theaters ) and the Rochester Methodist Hospital (40 operating rooms ). Overall, here treat around 4,000 doctors annually more than 315,000 inpatients and 1.21 million.
Memberships
Mayo was on 21 September 1863, a member of the Federation of the Freemasons, his box was the Rochester Lodge No.21 in Rochester.