The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-11-19
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Methods of Professor Lorenz
4 Described by a Pupil.
MOST ATTENTIVE TO THE POOR,

Or. Max schapirO, Who studied Un-
der the Viennese Surgeon, Says He
VIII Not Allow the Needy to BE
sIiEhted-How the Work Is Done
at His Own Clinic.
DR.. Max Schapiro of Baltimore Will
entertain Professor Lorenz, the famous
orthopedic surgeon. when ne visits that
city. says the Philadelphia Press. Dr.
Schapiro studied at Vienna under Ut.
Iorenz. being with him for more than
two wears. He gives the following &C
count of the method he uses at his
clinic:
.Since 1896 DR.. Lorenz has used the
knife only in exceptional cases. He
never employed it, however, to the ex-
tent that other orthapedic surgeons do
Fifteen years ago he had clinic with
Professor Albert, a Vienna surgeon
but more recently he has established
clinic of his own. Here he ind his as
sistants treat a great number of pa
tents. They come to him rom all parts
of the world. some with means and
some without, but thes all receive the
same attention. None Of his assistants
touches deformed person without
first consulting him.
"At his clinic in Vienna the hours be-
tween 10 and IL O'Clock in the morning
are for poor people, and often the num-
Der waiting amounts to 100 or more
Dr.. Lorenz is very particular about the
poor and will not permit them 10 be
sighted.
$50 much has appeared in the news
papers about his treatment OF hip dis
locations that the impression exists
that this is the only deformity treated
by him. This is not the case. Every
branch of OrthOpedic surgery receives
the same attention. Strengthening out
bowed legs and adjusting club feet are
operations more common with him than
reductions of hip diSlocations.
His manner of treating deformities
depends upon the nature of the malady
and the age of the afflicted person. In
cases of children less than twelve or
fourteen years old working with the
hands is almost the exclusive remedy.
He examines the limb carefully to see
if the bone has lost its fexibility, and
if it has not the deformity presents
few difficulties, although an immense
amount of hard work is necessary. If
the patient is older, machinery is very
often employed, and DIR. Lorenz's elm
ic is filled with some very original
,contriyances, each designed for a par
ticular purpose,
I'm cases of club feet the tendOns are
kneaded, the surgeon and his assist
ants using all their strength to loosen
ND the drawn tendOns. After the work
has been thoroughly done, sometimes
overdone, for it is necessary to get the
tendons in such a condition that the
foot can be readily bent, cast is used,
and at the end of a few weeks, when
it is removed, the foot is perfectly
straight.
colder persons find the operation Sc
we're. Their bones are of course firm,
and manipulations have no effect. Ma
chinery Is then used, after the patient
has been chlorofOrmed. When legs are
badly bowed, it is sometimes necessary
to crack the bone before the limb can
be Strengthened. In hip dislocations an
operation is necessary when the de-
formed person has reached forty years.
when the deformity is very serious,
the plaster cast is worn for six months.
At the end of that time the dislocated
bone is firmly bound by the tendons
which normally keep a limb in its prop
er position"
DR.. Schapiro said that no time has
been fixed for DR.. Lorenz's visit to
Baltimore.