The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-17
LOLITA ARMOUR's DISEASE.
Prof: LOrenz Describes How He Set
Her Hip Joints.

Her Hip Joints.
From the Philadelphia Record.
| Chicago, Ill.,. Oct. 12.-Dr. Adolph
Lorenz, who came all the way from
| Vienna to operate upon Lolita, daugh-
ter of j. Ogden Armour, for disloca-
| ton of the hip joint, has completed his
| work. In two hours this morning the
| surgeon, assisted by Dr. Frederick
Mueller, who accompanied him from
| Vienna, earned a fee of $4,000.
at is all over. 1t is quite finished
and -" with a characteristic shrug of
the shoulders), II think, ] know, in
deed, that it is entirely successful" is
the way DR.. Lorenz put it..
Those present at the operation were
DR.. Frank Billings, Mr.. Armours fam
lily physician; DR.. John f.. Ridland,
DR.. Miller and DR.. Dexter Ashley of
New York, the latter a former pupil of
Prof. Lorenz. Extraordinary precau-
tons were taken to insure the success
of the operation.
1.-THE operation" DR.. Lorenz said,
consisted in drawing the limb down so
that the femur or hip bone came below
TIE socket of the hip into which 1t
ought normally to fit. Then 1t is press
ed in, until the femur rests against the
socket, as it should.
Formerly, and, indeed, until quite
recently, it was necessary to accom-
plish this result by missions into the
flesh, and by removing enough bone
from the socket to insure the femur
fitting into it. After more than 300
such operations, which / performed, /
conceived the plan of accomplishing
the same results without any incision
and of relying on nature to accomplish
,xx..1.r
achieved by knife alone.
II now use weights and pressure to
force the projecting femur into line
with its socket. If the socket is not
properly shaped to receive the femur,
/ rely on it's growing into shape by
means of my specially contrived appli-
ances.
after the little girl had been placed
under anaesthetics / proceeded to draw
down the limb until it was in line with
the hip socket. Then the femur was
pressed until it rested against the SOCK
et From the hip down to line just
above the knee cap the limb was then
encased in plaster of paris, in order to
hold it in place. This cast will remain
on for six months.
But it is so adjusted that the flesh
is not unduly pressed. There are ape
pliances by means of which the skin
underneath InlS cast Will De kept dS
clean as the rest of the body. and at
the end of six months. when the cast
is removed the flesh and the cuticle
covering it win be found as healthy
and IN the same condition as is the
rest of the body.
"Oh, no, the little girl will not have
to remain in bed or inactive for all
these six months. Tomorrow l shall
allow her to sit up; in a couple of days
/ shall require her TO take exercise
and that exercise, assisted by nature,
will bring about the juncture of bone,
so that when the case is removed the
hip will be found to perform It's func-
tion in a perfect manner.
THE leg operated on will be exactly
the same length as the other, and that
hip will then be as perfect as the 9TH
er. or as that of any normal body"
Lolita Armour Is years of age This
is the second time she has ben oper-
ated on. The dislocation of the hip
occurred at birth. She is an only
child and heiress to most of the Ar
mour millions.
DR.. Borenz will tomorrow operate
upon four poor children, and will
charge nothing for his services. He
will remain ten days, make a trip to
San Francisco, and return I'm one
month to examine his little patient.