The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-24
DR.. LORENZ.

If there were any small suspicious
attaching to the professions of DR..
Lorenz, the famous expert in blood
less surpefN,n because of the publicity
which was given to his errand in this
country, it is safe to say that they
have been removed Not only has he
dispelled them by his skill and techni-
cal knowledge, but he has won the
faculty by his modesty, his direct
ness, his lack of pomp and parade that
so commonly mark the sham. That he
is what he has been alleged to be there
is nc doubt He has been the good Sa-
maritan and he will leave America
if leave he must, for we would like to
keen him-with the blessings OF hun
dreds who have been restored to health,
straightness, and the JOY OF life
through unrewarded ministry.
Bloodless surgery is not new. Prob
ably it is as old as the surgery OF the
knife. The replacement of broken
bones and disjointed limbs seldom
calls for the severance of muscle or
cuticle and in spite of the wonderful
advances that have been made in sur
gerry we are beginning to believe that
the specialists have used the knife too
freely, especially in supposed cases OF
appendicitis. But there is differ
ence between the bloodless surgery OF
the skilled and that of the pretender.
Not many years ago quackery was
even more open and defiant than 1T is
at the present, and many will remem-
Der the doings of certain famous or
infamous, natural bone settlers, -
whose speciality was the reduction OF
fractures. What there was in the art
that could not be easily and cheaply
done by the family practitioner will
, never appear, but there is in the lg-
norant mind charm in what is held
to be a natural gift, and conse'
ouent resort to the inspired rather
than the experienced.
The success of dozens of advertising
humbugs, the easy triumph CT men
like Alexander Dowie and of women
like Mrs. Eddy, in cases where men
and women of wisdom, training and
sympathy have been accorded no more
than a bare subsistence, is saddening
evidence of the Willingness to be
humbugged. The natural bone set
ters'' bungled their work, as they
were bound to do. They played with
this delicate engine, the human frame,
left their marks on it in stitfened,
shortened and twisted arms and legs,
and charged as much or more for do
ing it than the able surgeon would re-
ceive. The laws against these frauds
are enforced with something more OF
severity than they were, but they are
not enforced enough. 1t is not merely
a duty to repress fraud: it is duty
to protect the public.
The bloodless surgery OF DR.. LorenZ
| is wholly merciful. 1t is the outcome
of years of study and the best proof
of the sincerity and ability OF the
man is his willingness to teach 9TH
ers, and to give all the world the ben
eft of his researches. This invariably
characterizes the physician, and dis
/ tinguishes him from the quack. The
code of medical ethics requires OF
every graduate this subordination OF
himself to his profession, and exacts
that the faculty shall be maintained less
for it's own good than for the good OF
humanity. Medicine is a noble min
| istry. Hence, when you meet a physl-
clan who has a secret remedy, or
private method, suspect him, avoid
him. expose him for the humbug that
! he is. If he has discovered any way
whereby mankind can walk in freel
health and larger strength, he will &c
his duty to his calling and will make
il public way. This DR.. Lorenz il
doing, and he is winning thanks ano
honor. Brooklyn Eagle.