Arizona republican., 1909-07-01
ARE OFF FOR A TOUR
AROUND THE WORLD
Doctor and Mrs. E. Payne Palmer
Leave Today to Be Gone a Year.

Doctor and Mrs. L. Payne Palmer
will leave today on an extended jour
ney. They have not dec ided yet how
long they will DC gone, whether they
will get tired and come back the
same way they went or whether they
will just Keep travelling until they get
/ back to Phoenix without turning back
In short they intend il all things turn
! out as planned. 10 make a trip around
/ the world. and take their time ABOUT
| it, Incidentally it IS the purpose of
the doctor to give I'D the general
practice of medicine and confine his
future activities to surgery eXciu-
sively. and TO do that he proposes
to spend a large part of the next
year Ia special study ard the rest of
it in travel. His practice here during
his absence will be looked after "
DR.. Watkins. Mrs. Palmer. already
an accomplished musician, will de-
vote a part of the year also to the
further culture of her voice. They
have already visited every state in
the union, ar al least the doctor has.
and Mrs. Palmer has visited many Of
tnem rhe doctor tas also listed
all parts of settled Canada, Alaska
and a part OF Mexico. and having
seen America first, lie can now look
over the old world with a clear cDn-
science.
They will go from here to Denver
first where a few days will he spent
on business. and from there they Will
go direct to Dayton. Ohio, taking with
them the body of their babe that died
two months and half ago. aud
which will be inferred in the family
lot of Mrs. Palmers relatives. They
will probably both spend the sum
mer there with relatives and friends
until September l, when the doctor
will go to Rochester. Mimi. and
spend a month with the Mavo Broth
ers. in some respects the most nota-
BILE surgeons in the world. A recent
magazine article described their in
stitution with great particularly.
Two brothers and their father. all
skilled surgeons. established ssnI-
tarium there few years age. Eoch- !
ester being little more than side |
track. The town is now large and |
prosperous one and it is all practi- |
cally built around that sanitarium. |
The brothers are accounted as among |
the most skilled surgeons in the |
world, and have a large corps Of
assistant surgeons and specialists in |
their employ. The brothers are |
wealthy and have made Rochester |
one of the model towns in the coun- |
try.
From there DIR. Palmer will go to
Baltimore. where he will spend few |
weeks with DR. Howard Kelly Of
John Hopkins. a gynecologist noted in /
the profession as one of the best In |
the world The next six weeks will
be spent with DR. Mckinney of New
York. another leading surgeon of the
About the first of the year DR.. and
Mrs Palmer expect to sail for Eu-
rope. Though they will spend some
time in sight seeing and will make
trips through France and
England. at least to the capitals. most
Of the time will be spent in Vienna,
Berlin and Heidelberg. where the doc
tor will endeavor to learn as much
as he can about the art of surgery,
that the American authorities forgot
10 tell him Mrs. Palmer in the mean
time will be pursuing the study of
vocal music.
If nothing occurs that is not now
at the conclusion of this
program the travellers will finish their
tour simply as sight seers. They viii
20 through the Mediterranean sea. the
Suez canal and Red sea, cross the
Indian ocean and take a little shore
leave for a peep at India itself, then
IN through China. Japan. Hawaii and
nome. Some incident may occur that
will necessitate change of their
plans but their present purpose is to
spend about a year in making TINS
rip around the world by easy stages.
II will he a delightful one in many
vays. but with the doctors plans in
view il will also be an educational
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