The Sister's Story: Saint Marys Hospital--Mayo Clinic 1889 to 1939

In 1883, a tornado devastated the frontier town of Rochester, Minnesota -- with extraordinary consequences. Respondikng to the tragey, a group of catholic sisters built a hospital in a cornfield and asked a family of physicians to staff it. A handshake, not a legal document, sealed the agreement and symbolized the mutual trst that continues today between the world-renowned hospital and Mayo Clinic. This books tells the human story behind the founding of Saint Mary's Hospital by the Sisters of Saint Francis and their partnership with Dr. William Worrall Mayo and his surgeon sons, Dr. William J & Dr. Charles H Mayo.