Ep: 004 In 1883 a devastating tornado hit Rochester, Minnesota united a Franciscan school administrator and an agnostic doctor. The hard work of the sisters who worked as teachers at the school gave William Worrall Mayo no choice but to take over a small 12 bedroom hospital they built. This is their story.
You can learn more about the Mayo Clinic on their websites:
Mayo Clinic History Timeline
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