Mayo brothers

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Mayo brothers — idiom

1. Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939) and William James Mayo (1861–1939), two American

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Definition

Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939) and William James Mayo (1861–1939), two American surgeons who co-founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, one of the world's leading medical centers.

Example

The Mayo brothers built their clinic after a devastating tornado destroyed much of Rochester in 1883.

Christopher wrote his medical history paper on how the Mayo brothers pioneered collaborative surgical practice.