Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Mayo Clinic surgeons

  • Doris Unland: Surgical nurse extraordinaire

    Frederic GrannisDuarte, California, United States Doris Unland was an extraordinary American surgical nurse who worked for forty-seven years at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. She may have participated in more major surgical operations than any other person—physician or nurse—in history. Born on December 19, 1910, she traveled in 1932 to Rochester, Minnesota, to attend…