For the past 130 years, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has maintained an active, uninterrupted otologic practice with activities that are well documented and preserved through the Mayo Clinic Historical Archive. This historical narrative focuses on the development of the modern surgical subspecialty of otology from the perspective of a single tertiary academic center and highlights the importance of continuous innovation and reinvention within medicine and surgery. Source material for this report comprised the annual reports to the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, the Mayovox newsletter, the illustration archives of the Mayo Clinic Division of Creative Media, staff biographies, curriculum vitae, memoirs, full-text journal articles, and book publications.
For the past 130 years, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has maintained an active, uninterrupted otologic practice with activities that are well documented and preserved through the Mayo Clinic Historical Archive. This historical narrative focuses on the development of the modern surgical subspecialty of otology from the perspective of a single tertiary academic center and highlights the importance of continuous innovation and reinvention within medicine and surgery. Source material for this report comprised the annual reports to the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, the Mayovox newsletter, the illustration archives of the Mayo Clinic Division of Creative Media, staff biographies, curriculum vitae, memoirs, full-text journal articles, and book publications.