Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

Not all of the cases in San Francisco were
congenltal disocation of the hip. In that
city he displayed for the first time in his
country the wonders of bloodless surgery
when applied to the Strengthening of club
feet.
Los Angeles, Cal. was the next city Wis
tied. He reached there November II, and
| remained five days.
In that time he operated on eight cases
two of them being double dislocations OF
the hip. The patients ranged from three
to eight years. all but one being girls. One
of the latter was coored and was the first
negro child treated by the great surgeon.
All the little patients now have the use
of their limbs and. though still in plaster
and bandages are reported to be on the
sure road to recovery. Three of the opera
Angeles Medical College in the presence OF
300 local physicians; four at the Hospital
of the Good Samaritan and one at the Cali
fornia Hospital.
His Work in California.
During his stay in Los Angeles. as was
the case in every city he visited. DR.. Lo-
IreGz was besieged by parents who begged
him to treat children suffering with all
kinds of deformities. No count was kept
of the number of applications, but he said
that he would have had to remain six
months in that city alone to operate on all
patients offered. Parents came from all
parts Of southern California with little
cripples.
As a result of DR.. Lorenz's visit to Los
Angeles a movement is on foot to found
there free hospital for children affected
with congenital hip dislocation. One or
two resident physicians in Los Angeles
profting by DR.. LorenZ's instructions nave
performed his operation since his depar-
ture. The medical fraternity in that city
agree that the Austrian surgeons visit vas
the most beneficial event in the history of
medical science California
From Los Angeles DR.. Lorenz Travelled to
St. Louis, passing through New Orleans.
He made no stop in the latter city except
to make train connections So modest is
the man that his presence in New Orleans
was not known of until he had departed
and the physicians of that city were greatly
chagrined at the opportunity they had
missed.
operating on seven children. giving advice
to a host of other free patients and under
taking the case of Carl Busch son of
Adolphus Busch. the millionaire brewer
He arrived there on the night of Thurs
day, November 20. Friday he examined
at least a hundred cases brought before
him. Saturday he held free clinic. operat-
ing on Olive McLeon of Morrisonville ILL.,;
Marguerite Kindlein of No. 1902 High
street, St. Louis; Marguerite Schultz of No
401T Forest Park boulevard ST. Louis and
Mary Sska of No. 1861 South 18th street,
St Louis.
Cases in St. Louis.
On Sunday. November %. he operated on
three private cases. The children were
Ellen Bell, Constance Adams and Claribel
Peters, all children of st. Louis business
men. All the cases were congenital hip
dislocation. All of the children are now
doing we'll
Carl Busch will be taken to Vienna next
summer to be operated upon
DR.. LorenZ arrived in Washington Decem-
Der 3. He operated on one case of con-
genital dislocation of the hip at the Proyi-
dence Hospital Friday, December 5, and
on one case of club feet, the patient being
Arthur Wilets. aged eight. at the same
time and place. Both operations were ap-
parently successful.
From Washington DR.. Lorenz went to
Baltimore and Philadelphia, dividing his
time between the two cities. In Phladel-
phia he operated on five children all char
ity cases. at Jefferson Hospital December
IL and ~. in the presence of a large num-
Der of physicians and surgeons Four of the
children are expected to be cured. He gave
his services consulting physician in forty
private cases, for which he received vary
ing fees. He also gave advice in twenty
charity cases.
Consultations were had at the office of
DR.. II. Augustus Wilson. where DIR. Lorenz
also saw the charity patients.
In Baltimore DR.. Lo~enZ gave two demon
STATIONS Of his bloodless operations before
large numbers of physicians at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital. Four charity cases were
treated there. There DIR. Lorenz was pre-
vailed upon to accept as a souvenir watch
valued at 81 GOO