The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-03-15

assistants and at the end of three
weeks he Is ready TO take the train
Tor home
Charges Are Reasonable
IN the meantime he has visited the
financial Office Of the Mayos 10 asccr.
tain how much he owes Usual, the
bill is ready for him but If he comes too
soon he Is asked to wait few days.
Because the financial onlcc has been
looking up ones standing AT home
while he has been In the hospital and
the charge against him IL gaugcd by
his ability to pay While one mans
bill for n certain operation might he
$500, his next door ncighbor In the
hospital might he asked to pay $500.
and both have had ldontlcnlly the same
service In this as IN everything else
Two MHNoe oro carrying Nut tho priv
''rlc or being ralr ~ everyone. ur
cording to their means. The charges
at the hospital are very reasonable.
cheaper than at most hospitals.
Ten to Twenty Operations a Day.
The Mnyos perform from ten to
twenty operations every morning. and
II Is said that their net income is more
than 81 900 n day, after paying the cX.
pcnscs of expert specialists, maintain.
ing downtown Offices. and the sun.
plies they use, which are the very best
and most expensive. And yet they
care little for the money and are very
democratic in their tastes and are cor
diAl ana genial with every one with
whom they come in contact But the
town Of Rochester realizes the benefit
they are TO the community in the free
public parks and many other public
benefits that the city has received at
their hands.
The MayOs are the busiest men we
have ever known At the hospital
at Z o'clock in the morning, after "A
short round of visits to their patients,
they go to work in the operating rooms
and usually remain until | O'Clock.
Then they take an hour for lunch and
at O'Clock are at the Office ready to
pass upon the reports OF their special.
lists and make final examinations of
those who are to be operated upon the
next day After this has been done n
stenographer Is called and a type-wrlt.
ten schedule Is prepared for the work,
estimating how many operations can
be performed by the length OF time
each will probably take, giving pref
erence to those who are In greatest
need of attention. One day when we
were on the Convalescent list. the
schedule was being made up and not
quite enough cases had been prepared
to occupy all the time wanted An as
sistant came forward and said Lets
get some of these appendicitis cases
out of the way" Appendicitis opera.
lions only require about seven
minutes at the hands of the Mayos. so
few of them were thrown in to make
up the full time But those few re-
ceived just as careful attention as the
most difficult case on the program.
The MayOs pride themselves on the
low percentage of losses and the mi
nutest detail might mean the life or
death of a patient, so that nothing Is
neglected.
Reference was made to the fact that
one or the other of them Is away a
good deal. They are interchangeable
travellers always searching after some
thing new in their science. They visit
the operating rooms Of other surgeons
and when they see the execution of an
idea that is new to them they very
" nl 70 c.
they have developed at Rochester the
very best that Is to be found in the
worlds hospitals and are acknowledged
as the foremost in their line of work
| today.
Born in Minnesota.
William j. Mayo was born in lie
Sure. Mimi, and his brother Charles
was born in Rochester. The former
| is now about forty-five years OF age
and the latter two years his junior
The father w. W. Mayo, also a doctor
is now over eighty years old, and he
makes regular visits to the hospital
every day. He Is strong admirer OF
w. J. Bryan.
DIR. Mayo, ST., is an Englishman, who
came to this country as a young man
nearly sixty years ago, and became an
army surgeon. He was stationed at
various posts in the west, was engaged
in garrison duty and in Indian fight
ing, and later took an important part
| in the settlement of Minnesota Thus
long ago he established a reputation
of strong local Importance as an &C,
complished physician and a wise man
of affairs. He married and settled
first at LeSueur, Mimi, and later in
| Rochester, where he has resided for
about forty-four years. DR.. William
j. Mayo, the eldest son, was born at
lie Sueur in 1861 and now is in his
| forty-tifth year. Dr. Charles H. Mayo
was born in Rochester two years later
than his brother.