Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-30
new L0RENZ WONDER
Remarkable Operation Performed ~
DR.. Frederick Mueller.
CURES GIRL OVER AGELIMIT
Loading Surgeons OF new York SNOW,
Their Appreciat iOn OF HIS Skill
In Handling some
Difficult Cases.

New York. Dec. 30. - DR.. Frr'ernk
Mueller. Dr. Luranzs assistant per
formed three very difficult operations III
the operating room In st. Marks hosln-
tai. corner of Eleventh street ana Sec
ond avenue. during the G;y. The op'
eratiOns were performed in the presence
of about sixty of New iorks most u.s.
tingtlshed surgeons. One of them was
on an eleven ycar-oId girl. who had SUI
fered from birth from dislocation OF the
right hip joint. As nine years is placed
by DIR. I.orenz as the practical age linn
It for such operations, the success Win
which DR.. Mueller manipulated the 90
formed limb of the child called forth q
storm of applause from the spectators.
DR.. Mueller's clinic was held IN the
main operating room Of the hospital.
The first case was that Of Teresa Gluck-
selig, nine years old, who was born
with a deformed right hip. The pupil
Of the distinguished Viennese surgeon
was assisted in the operation by Or.
Carl Beck, president of the hospital,
and also by several members OF the
house staff.
The little Gluckselig girl is delicate
" formed child. with beautiful face.
made almost ethereal with years Of sur
fering. Because of her age ana the
strength of the muscles and ligaments
that kept the hip joint from Its proper
socket DR.. Mueller had to work for near
" eight minutes, during which he ex'
erted his utmost strength before ne
could finally reduce the dislocatioo.
When he did so, he received an ovation.
Az he was considerably fatigued ana
had a still more difficult case before
him, he simply directed the incasing OF
the patients hip in the plaster cast.
Eleven-year-old Patient.
The next patient brought In was
Bertha Meyer, eleven years old. who
was also suffering from congenital dis
location of the right hip. DR.. Mueller
was only persuaded to take this case
by the pitiful appeals of the chiids
mother, and when the little girl was
laid out on the operating table he ex-
plained that DR.. IOrenz the father or
bloodless surgery, placed the age limit
at nine years and could rarely be per-
suaded to operate on patient any
older. as the muscles then became 80
closely knit that their manipulation
and stretching were accompanied with
considerable danger. He had examined
the child carefully, however, he sald'
and believed she could be cured.
Then he went to work. keeping up q
rapid fire of explanation after the man
ner of his teacher, and reduced the dls
location in seven minutes, whereupou
he was greeted with storm OF ap
plause. 1t took only eight minutes
more to wrap OIL the plaster cast.
The third and last case brought II
for the great Austrian surgeons as
sistant was that of Pearl Eisner, III
teen years old, who was suffering from
paralysis of the spinal cord. which af
fected the muscles of the neck. Dr
Mueller, in this case, first manipulated
and stretched the muscles OF the necl
until they were rendered SO pliabl'
that the head could be turned FREE
from the formerly cramping tendhn
and igaments Then he wrapped tn
ehild's entire body in plaster cast.
This was the first operation Of tn
kind that has been performed in thi
, country by either DR.. Lorenz or his a.
, sistant. The girl had been obliged t
> wear spinal brace for years, but now
+ al a result of DR. Mueller's operation
n It Is thought that She will he practica
= ly cured.