The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-18
Adolf LOrrnz and Marion Sims.


The visit of Prof. LoRENz to this coun-
try and the appreciative welcome ten
dered him by the medical profession
and the laity of the United States in
every city he has visited recall to those
who moved upon the scene a generation
ago the tour made by the late DR.. j..
MARION SINS throughout Great Britain
and the Continent. The special object
of DR.. SIMs's visit was the demonstra-
ton of a method Of curing by operation
q condition which rendered the victim
far more helpless and hopeless than that
which exists in the unfortunate patients
with congenital dislocation at the hip
Before the advent Of this great man,
whose genius carried the fame of Ameri-
can surgery throughout the civilized
world, no curative measures had sue
ceeded, and the host of women suffering
from the painful and loathsome condition
which he had learned to cure could up
to that moment look forward to no relief
from life of suffering and isolation but
that which death alone would bring.
The scene witnessed on Tuesday in the
surgical amphitheatre of the New York
Polytechnic Medical School and Hospital
when the gifted Vienna surgeon demon
strated to the physicians in attendance
at this institution, representing practi-
cally every State in the United States,
his original operation for the correction
OF lameness caused by fault in develop
ment, recalls the never-to-be-forgotten
occasion ut La Charlie in Paris when, in
1852, in the presence Of NFLPEAU and
NELAToN and large audience composed
of representative physicians from all
parts OF France. the country doctor
from Alabama successfully demon
strated his method in the case of young
woman upon whom more than n dozen
operations had been essayed in vain.
From this brilliant triumph MARION
SIMS went forth to the professional con-
quest of Europe. The journals of the
day heralded his advent, and the gates
OF the capitals Of kingdoms were thrown
open to his coming. From place to
place he journeycd, healing the afflicted
and teaching Others how TO heal Kings
Of the realm of Science Wed with each
other to do him honor and kings and
rulers Of nations were proud to confer
upon him the highest decorations in
their power. Upon the base of the pedes-
tai which his statue in Bryant Park over
looks the physicians of our time and Of
all times may read with encouragement
the eptome of his life
Truthfully and Loyalty spoke our dis
tinguished citizen and surgeon DR.. T,
GAILLARD THOMAS when. in his address
before the graduating class Of Cornell
within year, he said to those who stood
upon the threshold of a medical career:
If | were asked to name the men who
in all time have done most for the well
fare of their fellow men | would say,
WILLIAM JENNER, GEORGE WASHING
TON and MARION SIMS
The genius which invents and estab-
fishes system, a method or an operation,
and thus saves life, lessons suffering or
restores to usefulness the stricken men,
bers of the human family, deserves the
boundless gratitude OF mankind. In the
same spirit of appreciation shown to the
immortal SIMS the American people of
all classes and professions welcome this
modest, skilful and generous benefactor
Of the afflicted, ADOLF LoRENz.