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3 unusual facts about Alton Ochsner


Alton Ochsner

At Touro Hospital one of his patients was jazz musician Muggsy Spanier, who credited Ochsner with saving his life and composed the tune "Relaxin' at the Touro" during his recovery.

In 1948, he received the highest civic honor New Orleans can bestow when he was named Rex, King of Carnival.

Ochsner

Alton Ochsner (1896–1981), American surgeon and medical researcher who founded the Ochsner Foundation Hospital



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