FIGURE 2.
A, Mabel Root (1878-1981), secretary to Dr Plummer. B, Index card listing patients seen at Mayo Clinic for hypothyroidism (organ = thyroid; disease = hypothyroidism). C, J. Berkson (1899-1982). D, A Hollerith punch card used for mechanical data processing.
Photographs courtesy of the Mayo Historical Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.