The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-24
OPERATION TOO
MUCH FOR THEM
Two Doctors Faint While tiich-
Ing Or. Lorenz at Work.
FOUR SUCCESSFUL CASES.
A Boy Of Nine Years, However, Rad Gore
Beyond the Age Limit, and Was Only
Partially Relieved.

Boston. Dec. 4-Two little girls had hip
deformities corrected by DR.. Lorenz yes
terday morning at the clinic In the Chill
drens hospital on Huntington avenue
making ave In all.
In another instance the Vienna surgeon
was only partially successful lie tr'ed
to reduce the afflicted hip on boy VINO
is nearly ten years old, but failed TO
force the femural head into the acetaou-
lum. No natural joint was established.
II might be done by more force, said the
doctor, but under existing conditions
there is danger OF rupturing the femural
artery.
Because OF the boys age. the tissues
| around the socket are too firmly settied
| TO Weld to ordinary force and admit the
| femural head. but an Improvement was
| obtained by a change In position OF the
| thigh bone and a plaster OF paris cast
was put on as In the other cases 10 re-
| tain the leg In It's new place
| After the prescribed treatment for the
| next few months the leg Will never shp
back into the position where II was be-
1 fore the operation. ana petter iuhceiohai
| results will take place.
L THREE-Y Y EAH-OlSD tlftl%
The nrst case operated on yesterday
| was a girl only three years OLD. NO
diffculty whatever was experienced In
setting the leg. The last was girl
seven years and six months Ola. WIN
| onIv Ave minutes OF actual manipulation
the disarranged hip Joint was properly
| connected. but the first operation VIII not
give this patient a perfect form because
the femural head Is twisted. giving o
| somewhat incorrect direction 70 the loot
The functional results will be tolerabiy
good. even when the foot turns In an
| abnormally small or large angie
The mornings clinic. which propaoiy
was the last demonstration In this coun-
try during the present visit OF the Aus
trian specialist, lasted two hours and
fifteen minutes
| DR.. Mueller, first assistant TO DR.. Lo'
renz, entered the operating room hrst &c
| superintsnd the arrangement or the oper'
ating table. DIR. Lorenz came rev min
utes later unattended and unannounced
He was robed in a white frock which was
buttoned In the back and extended below
his knees A subdued applause greeted
him. Losing no time, he pulled from M
pocket a manuscript descriptive OF MI
method, Then came the high tribute t'
the skill of the staff OF the Children
| hospital. -,
81 consider II a great honor" he said
ito appear before you at the invitauo'
OF the Childrens hospital. i think cal
show my appreciation In no better wa.
than by demonstrating the characters
tics OF my bloodless method. But ca
show nothing new to these men, turn
ing IN the members Of the hospital stan
"who have performed the operation her
successfully so many years. There
nothing / can teach them. 1 am especlai
Iv delighted and gratihed that my wor
| has attracted so much attention mere !
. America. the birthplace Of orthopoedi
surgery"
The speciallst then read from his manu
, script. expuaining at what ages and ur
der what conditions congenitai NIP disic
| cations may be cured by the manlpule
tive method. There should be no dinicult
whatever he maintained, in reducin
[, urilateral dislocations up TO the age OF
< ne encountered In a case OF bilateral ei'
: locations after the age of Z. because wht
one hin NAV be corrected the other ma
: not be capable of good functional n
: J suits.
s During the demonstration the unusu
{ force employed by DR.. Lorenz III prea'
4 ing down the adductor muscles and
3 stretching other muscles and the capsu
o made such an impression on a man
n | middle age that the company saw the III
usual spectacle of physician fainting
the operating room. A second physicla
was saved from keeling over by the e.
| trance of fresh air.
7, ie likely that the fumes OF chloT
form. which DR.. Lorenz insists on usin
somewhat affected the two men, but II
ohIe cause seemed TO be the feeling
n reynilsion aroused by watching the tn
u leg of a delicate child pulled and twiste