Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-04
THE LORENz METHOD
Curing Congenital Hip Dis
ease Without Use of Knife.
THE FAMOUS SURGEON
CHARMED WITH AMERICA AND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Function in His Honor Planned by the
Medical Fraternity Of
Washington.

Washington.
| The medical fraternity of Washington is
preparing a handsome reception to DR..
| Adolph Lorenz, the famous Viennese
| thopoedic surgeon, who has been in Amer
| lea several months. DR.. Lorenz Is on his
| way home after an extended tour of the
| country, during which he has demonstrated
| his remarkable ability to cure congenital
hip disease without the use of the knife.
DR.. Lorenz is everything that stands for
| the model physician and surgeon, combin-
| Ing those rare qualities of the gentleness
of the family physician with the stern cal
culating ability of the surgeon His very
| presence begets confidence, and he has a
wonderful personality. He is man that
would attract attention anywhere, being
Of commanding stature, with bold, hand
some face, covered with beard. His eyes
are blue and piercing, and he wears
pleasant smile. In his conversation you
Immediately detect the foreigner, for he
speaks with a marked German accent.
DR.. LorenZ has perhaps received more at
tention the few months he has been in
America than did any physician who ever
visited this country. The medical world
knew of his work through the German
medical reports. but doubted its practical
bility. He has, however, since his sojourn
| In America demonstrated the success of his
method. He came here at first to operate
upon the little daughter of Charles Armour,
the millionaire beef packer Of Chicago. The
child was born with a dislocated hip, and
the noted surgeons of this country had
failed to effect a cure. 1t seems that while
Mr.. Armour was travelling abroad he heard
Of the success of DR.. Lorenz in this partic
ular class of cases, and succeeded in bring
Ing the noted SnppialiSt this
The operation, which was performed In
Chicago, attracted the attention of the
medical world, because of the originality of
the method.
Tour of the United States.
The story of DR.: Lorenz's trip through the
United States is well known to the readers
of The Star. He has visited a number of
the prominent cities of the west and dem
onstrated before the best surgeons of the
country his method of reducing congenital
dislocations. 1t is understood that Dr.
LorenZ has declined to treat any more pay
cases, and has with great charity given
freely of his ability to those who were
unable to stand the expense of a surgeon.
DR.. Lorenz greeted reporter of The
Star very cordially this afternoon in his
| apartments at the Arlington, and In re-
| Spouse to a question said:
Il am charmed with your wonderful
country and it's people. Everywhere have
been treated with the utmost consideration
and the medical fraternity has extended
me every facility for demonstrating my
method. Really, since L have been here there
has been hut little time for sightseeing. |
have been constantly the go, and hope
| that the method which I have demonstrat-
| ed in your country may be of practical adj
vantage to your surgeons. Congenital dislo-
| cations have been my life work, and If 1
| have contributed anything to science in
| the alienation of pain and deformity, /
| have been amply repaid for the time and
StudV I have given TO the Snhiprt ha
| been unfortunate, most unfortunate, that i
| have not been able to give more of my
| time to the poor of your great cities. There
| are hundreds of cases. I am persuaded,
! which will yield to manipulation and final
| cure.
Number Of Operations Limited.
| TT has simply been impossible for me to
| operate upon more than a small percentage
of the cases presented. l have taken those
and held clinics for the purpose of showing
your excellent surgeons just what the
method Is, and have no doubt that it will be
| successfully practiced by good many of
them within a short time. Congenital dis
location is technical term, but believe is
well understood by the people. 1t means
the dislocation of the bone before birth, and
is most common in the hip The great bone
In the thigh In some unaccountable manner
gets pushed out of its socket and nature
comes to its relief and forms another
socket.
The limb. however is shortened and To-
comotion is impaired. The object of the
orthopoedic surgeon has been to restore the
bone to the proper position. There have
been manV methods employed.
Il was convinced early in my study of
the disease that the knife should not be re-
sorted to. and so l commenced a series Of
experiments. in which l used pressure to
stretch the ligaments and work the bone
into its proper place, and by manipulation
break up the adhesion, If any had formed
/ lJr,1 he Rlat 0lrif Of n
in many of my experiments and experience
| has demonstrated its ultimate success"
Patients Await Him in New York
The New York Herald Of today says:
Prof. Adolf Lorenz the celebrated manip-
ulator of congental hip dislocations, is ex-
pected to reach this city next week. Invi-
| tations have been extended to him to give
demonstrations of his skill at the Hospital
for the Relief of the Ruptured and Grip
pied, at Lexington avenue and 42d street;
the Medical College of Cornell University,
at 1st avenue and 2Sth street. and at The
POSTGRADUATE Medical College.
About one hundred cases of single and
double congenital hip dislocations have peen
reserved for him by the clinics of these in
| situations. From these he will choose those
| cases that he desires to operate upon before
| committee of local orthopedlc practition-
| erS.
| Owing to a popular misconception that
| Prof. Lorenz is able to cure all sorts of
| dislocations, the local dispensaries have
| been crowded this week with parents bear
| ing crippled children for whose relief they
besought the Vienna experts skill.
Many sorrowful sights confronted DIR.
Newton Shaffer yesterday at the Cornell
| University Medical College. Mothers, who
| had walked from Harlem and even Brook
| Ign, were keenly disappointed when told
| that their little ones were suffering from
| deformities which Prof Lorenz never treat
hat OF noo<
skiagraphs be taken, to let Prof.
| Lorenz see whether something could not be
| done. Club feet, spinal disease and hunch-
| back patients were regretfully Informed
| that only the regular staff could attend to
| them in due course of time. Others, who
| had been treated for hip dislocations, have
| suffered relapses, and they clamored for an
opportunity to be examined by the man WHO
| had cured the Armour baby.
Asiatic Squadron Maneuvers.
| The Navy Department has been notified
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