Arizona republican., 1902-12-27
Modern Surgery.

pr. Lorenz of Vienna has all at once become the most famous surgeon in the world-from the standpoint of the lay man-and yet. he is a surgeon" who makes little use of the knife. He be- came the vogue when he was brought all the way from Austria to operate on one of the Armour children at Chicago. and his success with that case and with others in Chicoga. Pueblo and Los Angeles has made him the hero of t:e New York City. where no end of cr;p. pied children are seeking to have him correct their deformities. The capacity of one man is limited, and the Austrian surgeon can only do a certain amour. of work during his brief visit. The fact that he is giving his time and his skill to relieve the deformities of the little ones is to his everlasting credit, and if his methods can be studied and adopted by the surgeons who are witnesses ol the operations. perhaps the good work may go on. One of the remarkable of,- erations performed by Dr. Lorenz last week was the strengthening of two club feet of little girl, and when the oper- ation was finished the feet of the chilC. were placed flat upon the floor. Tn speaking of this country the Vienna surgeon and philanthropist made this pertinent statement as to the results of his observations:
 Among the many strong impressions I have received in this wonderful coun- try. the most forceful is that of you,. works of charity. Nowhere, in the world are the hospitals. so perfectly equipped. and l cannot help feeling jealous when see how the work of or thopedics here is frightened by charity In your institution you go still further and fit the crippled children for a use full life after they are cured. and I must confess that in my country We have hardly anything of the kind l congratulate you on your charity and my colleagues on the help you have given them.''
 The United States leads in the matter of charitable work, and this is ev,- denced by a summary of the public institutions to be found in any city. The poor and unfortunate are provided for In a generous fashion, and the time Is fast coming when crippled children so afflicted from their birth-will be rare. The possibilities of modern sur gerry have not yet been exhausted, and the demonstrations given by the Vii enna surgeon are bound to stimulate greater work In this direction The work of charity in the direction of car ing for the crippled ones is not charity of the cold kind. It is for the purpose of correcting the mistakes of nature and to make it possible for children, who would otherwise be hampered throughout their lives, to help them selves and to be relieved of deformities far more prevalent than the unobserv- Ing folk ever imagined.
 The visit of Dr. Lorenz has revealed a startling number of deformed chil- dren, and perhaps no doubt his visit is to call more serious attention to the subject than ever. There are homes and hospitals for crippled children, but 1t Is not beyond the range of possibiIi- ties that such homes will not be needed in the future. The surgeons of this country are showing a keen apprecia- tion of the work done by the distin- guished visitor. and he is unquestion. ply entitled to praise and commenda- tion for the unselfish gift of his ski:i to the poor.