On October 27, 1897, Arthur Gillette, MD, met 10-year-old Royal Gray and his parents. The Gray’s had traveled south more than 65 miles from Pine City, Minnesota searching for answers to help their son and improve his life. According to historic records, Royal Gray had Pott’s Disease that was acquired by drinking milk from a tuberculosis-infected cow. His parents were desperate and spent what little money they had looking for answers for their son. Finally, they found Dr. Gillette who was among the first orthopedic surgeons in Minnesota. Dr. Gillette assured the Gray’s that their son would receive the best medical care. Royal Gray spent 536 days in the hospital along the shores of St. Paul’s Lake Phalen. When he was released, he headed back to Pine City and lived a full life. In a 1920 letter Royal Gray wrote to Dr. Gillette he explained that, thanks to the medical care provided, he continued his schooling, became a rural mail carrier in Pine City and eventually started his own taxi business in Virginia, Minnesota. He married and had two children.