Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07


No Less SkiIlfui Than His Brother.
PORTIONS Mere. ~>sdrrie,i acrosS the naii
to- one of the most expert Of harterol"-
rists. who il always there during oisr-
atiig hours. and the inVision WAS 40;
sew ed up until word came hacn from
hin that all of the injected tissue had
been got.
Th" Work is really more. interesting
when only one Of tn. brothers is in
Rochester. The Two ouciating roonis
-aleIauSe-iusl as Mh.n both are there.
Will. an operation is IN progress in
one. IA patient is, being prepared in the
other.
Back and forth. back and forth
moves the surgeon. There is seldom n
word spoken. The first assistant at
the table is the mother superior of The
hospital. For fifteen Years she has
stood at the right hand "f one OF the
other of the famous pair. but in neg
Nay she is rs skilled rs either of them.
They never ,peah !" her during an
operation. she never speaks Ia them.
w efNthing is communicated lay Il Ian
elage of signs. And not Il sevond il
loSi in the Interchange OF Instruments.
Either of the brothers performs from
tWriN" Ia eighteen operations u luorn-
ing. .AGiong This number max be one
a little different FROM amy other at
tr,lptcd before. That makes NO differ
.ncc. The hands are As sure as If They
had been born To tina Very brand.
And that is why there are Mayo
processes" in so many medical BOOKS.
The one thing neither of them Will
do is 10 talk about himself or his Work.
Non might as we'll nope for d syllable
from the stone lips of the sphinx. With
them silence is q hobby. They have IL
horror of being included among that
large class Of n,edicaI men who on
stantiH seek n"toriety IN some way OF
other.
Modest to the Core.
] So, viii, DR.. Charles Mayo for more
than am hour aud presented TWO or
three arguments Ia. couldn't answer.
hut that made no difference. l'nis MAS
his parting word IL me:
II hope your story will he So full OF
inaccuracies that NJ one can believe
Therefore / have sought TO under
state.
But these men are great enough To
afford Il hobby. When Il Japanese
baron MAS investigating the hospitals
of the tniteu States a While back. he
MAS scheduled for one day in Rochester.
He Was there TWO weeks. and then he
diunt want TO go.
When a physician or surgeon is in
need of an operation. he goes to Koch
ester ii he is able 10 get there. If youl
family doctor starts out ~ II somewhat
mysterious business" trip. address him
Il, Rochester. Ii Is an even chance lie
is there. either tn he operated upon oi
tea spend a fen days seeing others
incnaed.
The two Masos have been called the
surgeons surgeons" because so many
OF their professional brothers come 1,
them for treatment. Bat these patients
represent only n fractional part of the
general mass.
No more motley crowd is 10 be s.er
than tina which congregate daily in the
office down in the town. There ar.
men. women and children of all nation.
~alities. all conditions socially and tinan.
cially. and In all degrees OF need physl-
cally. Many of them have come acros:
wide seas to this little out-of-tIie-wa
place.
n this little ouI-of-the-Way place /:
not only proud of it's two boys but I
has reason TO be, for they liza We brough
it IA measure of prosperity wholly out o
keeping with the ordinary county-sea
in the west-or IN the east, either. foI
that matter.
They have given IT two large parks
which are to be as fine as any IN tn
country some day. and done many 9th
er things that were needed. But tllei
creates, giving is that of which on,
hears in secret-the giving of healtl
and ever life without price. For whit
they charge some persons 5000 for III
operation. their rates are always mad
TO accord with the PATIENTS purse.
Not long an Did woman came t,
Rochester to have Il cancer emoved
When il was all over and she wa.
ready 10 leave the hospital. she soleh
the 10 know how much sh,
owed HIM.
Well. here's $40. doctor. That's al
the money I have NOW. bit whei, pe
home I'll sell my COW. and that ma
mean SIS more. I'll send you thai an,
pay up the rest as fast as | can get il.
DIR. Mayo excused himself for "A mo
ment. on the plea of having forge
something. He came back With tw,
slips of paper. which he handed tn,
m
one was a receipted bill for the opera
tiOn: the other "A check for SIS.
Little things like this are happenin,
all the time. And big things like 81. NJ
operations are not 90 %infrequent.
just what the world may yet receiv,
) from these ,wO men in the way OF sur
xical Knowledge is beyond the power O
a., ordinary individual to forecast
They have already proved that sever
atnicttons heretofore considered almos
incurable can be cured with comnara
tive ease. IL only the right thing ts don
in the right way. ~
y" doub MI our Ills and rhystca