The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-19
DR.. LORENZ has A BUSY DAY.
OPERATES. ATTENDS a DINNER,
AND WAVES A SPEECH.
Tells Guild for Crippled children How
Much Bsiter American Hospitals
Are-s e~s the Fast side In an Auto
mchsie-N Dinner NJ the Yale s1ub'


the New York style yesterday, and the idea
81 il seemed 20 stick by him while he was al
his professional work. for he mentioned
tho New York gait while he was at a clinic
with a good deal Of feeling.
Early in the morning he had view Of
,b. lower mart Of the citv'- Fast Side from
an automobile Later he saw private
p,tien,s In the afternoon he operated on
four pa,ien,s at a public clinic which lasted
until nearly 6 O'Clock. Then he dined
with friends a, the Yale Club. and in the
evening h., addressed the first annual
meeting 81 Auxiliary No. Of the Guild
for Crippled Children Of the Poor Of New
York a, Tuxedo Hall. There. again. he
had a word to say Of New Yorks ability TO
keep him buoy.
Mr.. Daniel p HAYS presided At the
Guild meeting. with DR. Lorenz sitting at
har RICH, hand She read report OF the
organizations work, in which she said
among other things that Nathan Straus
was TO hr thanked for furnishing milk for
the Guild. wards during the summer.
The Rev. Dr. IL Pereira Mendes, one OF the
speakers who preceded Dr. lorenz. IN
telling Of his work in helping TO organize
the branch. declared that knowing | was
90 meet ladies'. | was certain of success
from the beginning After pause there
was an ou-hurst 81 laughter which seemed
To puzzle the doctor
Or. Virgil p Gibney. who was called
unon TO cooperate with the president IN
presenting Or. Lorenz, did his part In These
words
4 am only too glad To act as manager
for ~ grea, a friend Of crppies Throughout
the world AZ my friend, Or. LorenZ.
No applause al his clinics has exceeded
the greeting which the women and the
men with them gave Or. Lorenz when he
arose 20 respond When he could lie heard
he said
vii Won believe me when say that could
not fnd a minutes time TO prepare speech
And will you pardon me II YOU should hnu
mo q sp-sker somewhat INFERIOR u SUNNI
You do not KNOW how mooch-how much
The doctor imself led the laughter that hi.
correct ion of himself start~dI-you 40 hot
know nom much | appreciate thu honor oil
YOUR in vitatIon to be with YOU tins evening
do not knox enough tnglish TO eApr.ss my
gratitud. in appropriate language Among
the great impressions have received IN this
wonderful country. the most ,linportant Is
OF the works Of charity done here, ana es,
tscially in this city Nowhere in the world
have seen such hospitals az in this country
Nowhsra elS,. in ~. world are TO be- found
iosuitals especially equipped for the care and
cure and treatment and education oil crippled
children. ,
sasy the hR I'd work Of the orthop~dlc sur
geons IS made by the generous cohtilou-
tions Of the charitable people mere hnu tne
sble. But you are no tsatisned with mus.
You add ira ming SCHOOLS for the children
am sorry TO confess that We In our country
have nearly nothing IN the way OF hospitals
for the ruptured and c,'ppled or IN thI way
Of schools for sspR,ssa S , Mo We sI to
carry on my work at home.
At the conclusion Of DIR. Lorenz's short
speech. a young woman brought forward
and presented TO him bouquet. The tail
lou .1 Lou n
her hand. whereupon there was more ap-
plause:
pr. Lorenz's public clinic yesterday was
held at Cornell University Medical Col
hge, where the Vienna surgeon took charge
DR. Lorenz was introduced by DR.. William
NJ. Polk, dean OF the college. DIR: Jacob
G. Schurman president Of Cornell Univer-
sity. attended the clinic. and had front
seat beside the Rev. DR.. ". 5. Rainsford
Or. Lorenz calls his treatment Of dis
location of the hip and of clubfoot his
functional weight-bearing method re-
ferring 10 his scheme OF having the leg or
foot bear the weight Of the body while
carrying out its ordinary functions during
the time of fi1ation of the limb in the plaster
cast
To demonstrate my functional weight
bearing method he said in opening his
clinic. Il have selected three or four cases
from some forty which were presented to
me. II seems they abound in New York
As he proceeded with the first case. one
OF unilateral dislocation Of the hip he
pointed out that the abductor muscles
Of this patient offered extreme resist ance,
and. as he began TO pound them with his
hand and then run the edge Of his hand
across them with the motion Of a saw, he
observed: you will notice that | Use
my hand like the blunt blade Of knife
And doing 50, he finally, DESTROYED the
resist ance 81 these powerful muscles. The
child Iaretta Haltapphi ia 4 yeare old
and her case gave him much difficulty.
1T may happen in this case that the femur
head breaks, he said; 'this case should
have been the last one and not the first
one
But there was no accident, and although
the ac.tabulum was found to be shallow,
the dislocation was reduced.
After the patient was in plaster Dr.
l.orenz paid compliment to an operation
that was performed here nearly two years
ago by DIR, L. ". Ely. He had looked at
that patient yesterday morning. he said.
and had mistaken the good side OF the
patient for the side which had been OPP
Grated upon. The functional results were
perfect, he said. But the X-ray photo
graph, he said, should disclose the side
which was operated upon.
The second case, a girl q years, was
les troublesome. With the third case
Lorenz greatly. The patient. Annie Fem
bloom. years old, presented a dirty foot
for the surgeon TO handle. The doctor
drew back for a moment. Then he pointed
70 the leg, which was only lesSs dirty than
the foot and exclaimed 1T is a shame
This child's mp Joint was reduced in a
minute and half When the fourth child
Annie Roth. -, years old, was brought in
- dirty as her predecessor. DR.. Lorenz
did not have 10 speak. His looks were elo-
quent. SO were Or Shaner's. a. he ordered
the nurses on the operating floor TO wash
the child then and there.
The Roth child presented a very severe
oose OF double clubfoot One foot was SO
twisted that the child rested on the end OF
the leg bone where il enlarge to form the
outer side Of the ankle. The other foot was
% far turned about that il pointed fifteen
degrees behind the opposite heel DR..
Lorenz said that il was the most difficult
oAse 10 a child Of her years that he had ever
0een. He went at one foot and Dr. Mueller
worked upon the other.
The skin Of the foot on which Dr. Mueller
was working parted at ons point but there
was scarcely any bleeding
THAT happens once in i0O or once in 200
timee.' said DR. Lorenz. in such bad cases
II can he avoided by dividing the opera
ton into two sessions But Of course in
New York one IL always in n hurry
There was emit usiastic applause when
after the two surgeons had finished their
Hal u