THE DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE MAYO CLINIC

摘要

IN Rochester probably you will not hear of the Division of Publications of The Mayo Clinic. You may hear of the Editorial Department but officially there is no such thing. We have developed our owvn colloquialisms here, as any institution does. Since I am an editor I cannot use colloquialisms. Shakespeare did, but then he was not an editor-just an author. The Division of Publications, then, owes its existence, its form, and its status here to the remarkable woman who started it, Mrs. Maud H. Mellish who in I924, on her marriage to the director of The Mayo Foundation, became Mrs. Wilson, or as she was known professionally, Mrs. Mellish- Wilson. To devote a few wsords to her and her work not only will be fitting but also will bring out a fact that may be unique and perhaps of interest to you: namely, that the Division of Publications grew out of the Library.