 The Ragtime Band's theme tune was "Relaxin' at the Touro", named for Touro Infirmary, the New Orleans hospital where Spanier had been treated for a perforated ulcer early in 1938.At the point of death, he was saved by Dr. Alton Ochsner who drained the fluid and eased his weakened breathing.One of Spanier's Dixieland numbers is entitled, "Oh Doctor Ochsner."