The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-19

fringed with white. His beard is not
nearly sd big and bushy as IL appears
in his pictures.
In the Theater,
There is a German shoemaker in Old
Chelsea who looks like DR.. Lsorenz. The
latter's modest habit OF looking down
has given his neck a forward set and
/ his shoulders a stoop. He is neither
imposing, impressive nor commanding.
You would not turn to look at him
second time in the street. In the OPP
Grating theater Monday afternoon 400
eyes critically observed him. The
benches, made of structural steel. slate
and gas pipe, are In tiers so steep that
their occupants presented an almost
vertical wall of faces. They are reach
ed by means of iron ladders, like the
stairs on battleships. No one in the
throng was more than twenty feet
from the cripple on the table. Some
one remarked that "Bub" Vreeland Of
Metropolitan fame. had a hand in the
packing. But there was no room for
one more. Scores of interested persons
We're unable TO poke so much as their
noses inside. Many who did get in sat
on the floor, beneath the benches, and
Of course saw nothing. Others more
determined, stood on the topmost rail-
ing, their heads touching the ceiling.
Women There, Too.
A few well-gowned middie-aged
women were there, besides, half hum
dred clean-cut, white-capped, white
aproned nurses, thought every nurse
in the hospital was present. The Wis
| iting women may have been doctress-
es. They were we'll placed in reserved
seats near the table, DR.. Virgil p.
Gtbney, who is as strong as q bull
moose and as hardy as a head-rolIer
| in steel mill. made bluff and hear
| ty master of ceremonies. When he es-
! corted DR.. Lorenz into the pit there
was an enthusiastic round of hand
clapping. which being ended he said,
swinging his arm In a hak-circle;
Gentlemen (and ladies), HE needs no
introduction" Dead silence followed.
The good doctor had almost overlook
ed the women. DR.. Lorenge addressed
"Gentlemen" only, taking no notice Of
the women.
The Subject.
1t was to me a most solemn and sad
| occasion. To the surgeons present
many of them of world fame, IL was
only an incident They were decorously
chatting, smiling, joking and saluting
| each other across the arena. A few
| of the more distinguished had chairs
read from a formidable mass of type
written copy, DR.. Lorenz's first SUBJ
| ject was brought in upon a table by
| two white-robed attendants and trans
| ferred from that to the operating ta-
| Bile. 1t looked like the corpse of a lit
tie girl. Her hair seemed very black
and her skin very white, excepting her
face, which was flushed. Her stertor-
Gus breathing beneath the ether-cone,
haIH hxy
fast approaching end of her struggle
against the anaesthetic. Presently.
with a sigh, she passed into that state
of temporary death which knows no
pain. Then DR.. Lorenz, remarkinS
quietly, Gentlemen. we have no time
to lose" laid down his manusl ript and
set to work.
Those RIase Surgeons.
An excellent description of the extra
ordinary manipulation of the child's
limb was in the Press yesterday. At
times ] felt like shooting the Vinnese.
1t was beyond my belief that q deli
cate, crippled, sick child could hold
together under the fierce twisting,
bending, stretching, hauling, crushing
and wringing of two powerful men
Lorenz and Mueller. 1t was like a
breaking on the wheel. 1t was like a
crucifixion To follow. the demonstra-
ton required every ounce of moral
courage and will power that I pos
sess. And those critical surgeons sat
there with happiness lathered on their
faces! Fifty Of them were past As:
the rest, about $50. were between 25
and that age. To look at them. you
would have believed them capable of
more concern at catfight.
The Final Click.
DR.. Lorenz speaks fair English, but
is hard 10 follow. His demonstration
was tedious because of his effort to
explain the minute of every detail.
His thirty minutes seemed as many
hours TO me, because / feared ne might
kill the baby. At least the climax. Did
you ever try to break a hambone
across your knee, or across A billet of
wood? There was round-edged piece
of maple on the table, about the size
Of brick. When the child's hip was
placed upon this. and DR.. Lorenz. one
hand on the abdomen. the other on the
thigh, laid all OF his 1856 pounds there