Evening star., 1939-05-27
Dr.. Charles H. Mayo,
Renowned Surgeon,
Dies Of Pneumonia
Lobor No. ), Rore Type,
Causes Death When
Strength Ebbs Away
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27.-Dr. Charles
Horace Mayo, world renowned sur
geon of Rochester, Mimi, who dedi-
Gated a lifetime to the relief of
physical suffering, died last evening
He was 73.
Death was caused by rare type
of pneumonia-lobar pneumonia,
No. 3.
DR.. Mayo was stricken at Chi
cago hotel May 18 while en- route
home from Arizona. He rallied
after a blood TRANSMISSION from his
son, DR.. Charles w. Mayo, Wednes-
day night, but his strength soon
ebbed.
Lapsed Into Coma.
The famous doctor was uncon-
scious periodically the last three
days. Several hours before his
death at ASS pm. he lapsed into
coma from which he failed to
emerge. Hope was abandoned at
noon by the five attending physi-
clans
At his bedside at Mercy Hospital
were his wife, his son, three daugh-
frc Do,,Li,, Of
ton, KY: Mrs. Louise Trenholm of
Rochester, and Mrs. Esther Hart
zell of Detroit. and a daughter
law, Mrs. Joseph Mayo of Rochester.
The Mayos other children, Dor
othy, and an adopted daughter,
Marilyn, were in Rochester as was
the surgeons brother, DR.. William
J. Mayo, II, who is convalescing
from an operation The Mayos had
eight children. Two daughters and
Dr. Joseph Mayo died, the latter in
an automobile accident in 1886.
Body Sent to Rochester.
The body of the famed surgeon
was sent to Rochester, his birth
place, for funeral services and
burial.
DR.. Mayo was born July 10, 1865.
He attended the Chicago Medical
College, the New York Polytechnic
and the New York Post graduate
Medical School. He and his brother
formally established the Rochester
Clinic in 1912.
In 1916 DR.. Charles Mayo was
president of the American Medical
Association and in 1924 he headed
the American College of Surgeons.
He wore the Distinguished Service
Medal of the United States and was
honored by nine foreign govern
ments.
Sons of country doctor who i'm
migrated from England, the Mayo
brothers ca led on their fathers
ideals in making their clinic inter-
nationally known.
Growth of Service Rapid.
During his 40 years of active sur
gerry, DR.. Mayo saw the growth of
the establishment from a small in
f1rmary to huge medical center
that drew patients and medical ex-
perts from the far corners of the
earth.
Rich and poor beat a path to the
little Minnesota city. They received
the same service. But they paid ac-
cording to their means. Often that
meant paid in full' receipt, and
check as we'll to poor patient.
The brothers Mayo held them
selves to be only moral custodians"
of the money received from the sick.
They said it must be returned to the
people in the form of advanced
medical education.
This they did by establishing the
Mayo Foundation for medical edu-
cation and research at Rochester, in
affiliation with the University of
Minnesota. They drew fixed modest
salaries and used all the rest OF the
receipts to perpetuate their work.
Retired From Board.
The Mayo brothers laid down
their surgical instruments about 10
years ago and five years later they
retired from the clinics board of
governors. With some of the older
men in the clinic they formed an
advisory board which met occa-
sionally to help solve medical prob
lens. DR.. Mayos death will not
affect the status of the clinic.
DR.. Charles participated in an op-
Grafton at the age of IL. His father,
DR.. William Worrall Mayo, pressed
him into service as an anesthetist
when an aide tainted.
He performed thousands of opera
tions before he quit active surgery
in 1929. He was credited with orig
mating modern goiter surgery and
was a pioneer in operations for
nervous diseases.
His "one great ambition" he said
on one occasion, was "to relieve all
the psysical suffering possible during
nv life"