New-York tribune., 1902-12-15

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To-rnoTTow II mC1lnc at the NewTQ!k FolycliniG.
Professor shaffer.
"Wednesday: Il to D. m-visit D. Ashley's
ONCE In Thirty-fourth-st to pass upon applications
asase Rssssens edca School fnif an ps fe 5ss
huiassE; Msdcal College Fl mcanc at the Cornell University
FridayChnc Peevue Hospital: night. dinner At the
University Club ov the orthopedic surgeons Of the
city night Tecepton by the OTthOpedc section of the
sa'5s aa ns oHBi.s at the Ne"f0rk oh0Ded'
Two girls, six and twelve years old. respective
ly. operated upon yesterday for congenital
dislocation Of the thigh bone, by DR.. Adolf Lor-
enZ, the Austrian specialist, and another girl.
five years old. was treated in his presence for
the affliction by DR. Dexter D. ASH
ley. Success was achieved in each case, the dis
located bone being set in its proper socket. Be
fore the operation each child could walk, but not
like other children, with a free and natural gait
Their walk jerky, and every movement Oh
the legs indicated to the medical eye the affiic-
ton from which they We're sufferers. About
year from to-day, one of the children will be
able, IL is thought. to play like companions OF
her age if, to quote the physicians, 1.-The sinews
which have so long been stretched out of place
knit well and the bone takes kindly to its nat
ural pocket" Another, too, will be able to jump
over fences or hedge gracefully in about eight
than six months.
In the mean time the children will have to
remain indoors, unless their parents or friends
or attendants take them out in carriages or
wheel them about in convalescents chairs The
thighbone which operated upon now rests
in a plaster cast, and this cast will not be re-
moved until there are signs that the bone is
held in its natural position by the muscles
which perform such service, or the cast can be
OF no further benefit % the patient
Besides operating upon these children, DR.,
Lorenz examined another female patient af-
fcted with congenita1 malformation of the
thigh at the clinic which he worked so success
fully yesterday. This girl was not operated
upon After the examination he said an opera
tion useless she seemed to be weil on
the way to recovery. When 1t became KNOWN
Yesterday that Dr. LorenZ had operated upon
a girl twelve years old at a clinic early IN the
day. many medical men and other persons
showed a great eagerness to hear the details
of the case. Most of these persons said that
they thought this case must have been most
difficult one as Jew children twelve years OLD
could be successfully operated upon for con-
genital dislocation of the thigh. Even some or
the persons present at the clinic said that. in
view of the age of the child, it was remarkably
successful case. AS the child grows the pones
become harder, and the harder the bones the
less the chance of setting a dislocated thigh
bone.
The children operated upon yesterday We're
Gertrude Mcpherson twelve years OLD, OF No
150 West One -hundf ed d-and-forty-frst-st; Annie
tierland of Brooklyn. six years old. and Eliza
beth Hyrnan, five years old 1t was said that
the Hynan girl lived either in or near this city
The operations were performed at the clinic OF
DIR Henry Walton Carter. at No lis East
Thirty-fPth-st. DR.. Carter Is q specialist on
anaasthesia He is we'll known in other branches
of medicine but in the use and application OF
anassthetIcs ne and DR. James Taylor Gwathmey
are SIassed among the best in this country Dr.
Carter gare the anTSthetics to the patients, and
at his side stood DR. GJUathmey- The girls are
al private patients of Dr.. Dexter D Ashley, of
the New-York Post Graduate Medical School
and Hospital. DR. Ashley studied under Pro-
fessor Loren6 at the latter's clinic in Austria
While the bell in the steeple of the Episcopal
Church of the Epiphany at the northeast corner
of Thirty -fifth-st. and Lexington ave, was being
rung calling the parishioners to morning ser
vice DR.. Lorenz. with his assistant DR. Muller.
entered the clinic to attend to the patents
awaiting his coming From the vestry windows
of the church the front windows of the clinic
can be seen There were many persons IN the
street at the time but none of them apparently
recognized Dr. Lorenz. In the clinic. either to
assist to WdICn lLF Apih az Dt doic' "SAN'
among others, DR.. Dexter D. Ashley. Dr. Charles
Ogilvy visiting surgeon to the Daisy Field
HosnitaI EngIewood, n. Y; DR.. William Burton
he Garmo. of the New-York POSTGRADUATE
Medical School and Hospital. one of the leading
specialists the treatment of hernia IN thls
citv and DR. Brooks There were five trained
nurses-Miss K l. Martin. a graduate or the
Mater Misericordia College, Dublin Ireland
and Misses NJ. Hall, NJ Donnelly, G. Trainor
and s Duncan. Miss Martin was the head
operating room nurse
rrbg first case occupied twenty minutes.
the second fifteen minutes and the third twenty
irr+oe While operating, Professor Lorenz
smoke frequently to the physicians gathered
rnund The table He told the physician II is
said that he believed in putting the patients
under ether or whatever aneEthetics was used
as lightly possible.
III is q peculiar coincidence of such cases.
said Professor LorenZ. that the pain which the
rntiants would suffer If not subjected TO anees-
thesia would not be intense in most instances
80 IA they generally suffer acutely after the
operation.
ua oparated f1pon the first two cases and
Ashley unon the third one. The pa
tients will remain at the clinic "htii
u or discharged There are number
~ other children the clinic who are
y e4icte6 with coneenita dslocation of the thigh
hone One has double dislocation OF the thish7
hone This little patient is a boy He is abie
q. walk but only slowly As he puts one loot IN
front Of the body, his body sways badly ms
pait arouses pity Professor Lorehz may re-
..-r IN the clinic before he leaves TINS city:
,rt.,or or NOT his skiiful hands VIII be asked
W heln the lad could not be learned yesterdas
Tor Iorenz showed in many ways yestsfaas a
:, -, rar7,arka hly well he can Withstand tne
,";,, iao Of severe mental work. 1t was generaly
? 49, ei ,ba+ he would not threat any patients
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