New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-30
LORENZ GOES TO- MORROU
Surgeon U'W Sail for Home on the
Cciic-His Notable IOur.

Or Adolf Lorenz ends his visit to America to-
day After attending the theatre tonight ne
goes aboard the Celtic, which sails to-morro"
morning at ESQ. His trip. which was taken IN
order to operate on A private patient, ended In
tour that brought relief to several scores Oh
little sufferers. and aroused such an interest
in bIoodless orthopedic surgery that, doubtless
many children suffering from hip diseases VIII
be made strong men and women as re-
suit Of his demonstrations and his unselfsh IN
struction in his bloodless method of reducing
congental hip dislocation.
It was on October that the famous surgeon
arrived on the Trave to treat little Lolita
Armour daughter of J. Ogden Armour. OF chi
cago for congenital dislocation of the hip. IL
was his intention to stay only month"; just lone
enough to attend his patient and Watch tne
progress of the cure. The operation was en-
tireIy successful.
But American surgeons. interested III ms
bloodless method. persuaded him to remain auu
tour the country, in order 20 demonstrate hi'
method of operating He consented and then
began an almost trumphal march Of mercy
City after city was visited, and in each place ne
performed many operations, and carefully cx'
plained each detail of his method to the sur
eeons gathered at the clinics. Many little chill
dren who would have grown up deformed and
helpless. will now through DR., Lorenzs gen
crosby arrive at healthy maturity.
From Chicago DR.. Lorenz went to Denver.
where he demonstrated before the Colorado
Medical Society, and from there he journeyed
to San Francisco and Los Angeles, operating in
both places After this, he came to st. Louis,
where he held clinics. and then hack to Chicago
to have final look at Lolita Armour. 1t is re-
lated that when the little Armour girl, who by
this time-for it was a month since the
Sh begun to
walk little-saw DR.. Lorenz and was told he
was going away she cried and wanted to go
with him. She will be taken abroad in April to
see him.
When he left St Louis on November % it is
said that 100000 was offered to DR.. Lorenz to
continue his operations for some time at that
place but he had to hurry
ON November % Northwestern University
conferred a degree on DR.. Lorenz. and shortly
afterward, having finished in Chicago, he went
to Washington. where he received by the
President From there he went TO Baltimore
where he had a case that required so much ex-
ertion on account of the shalloWness of the hip
socket that he sprained his wrist slightly.
From Baltimore DR.. Lorenz went TO Phila-
delphia. where he had hard and extremely rare
case He performed the operation successfully
On December Is Dr. Lorenz came to New-fork
and from here went to Boston. where he oper-
ated on patient nineteen years old. He spent
two days at Boston, and then returned here
While in New-York DR.. Lorenz held public
clinics at the New-York Hospital for Ruptured
and Crippled, the Post Graduate Hospital. Belle
vue Hospital, the College of Physicians and Sur
geons, Cornell University Medical College the
New-York Orthopedic Hospital. the hospital at
Tarrytown, and elsewhere He also performed
a few private operations
1t is estimated that while in this country DR.
Iorenz has performed almost 80 operations
and his assistant, DR.. Mueller, more than
twenty five. DR.. Mueller has been his faithful
companion and co-worker throughout the tour
AS d result of the work of DR.. Lorenz and his
fame two thousand crippled children were
brought to the Cornell University Medical Col
lege in this city, alone. 1t vas not thought that
so many cases Of congenitai hip disease existed
in city.
DR. Lorenz is coming back In the summer Tor
a social visit, and DR.. Mueller intends to come
here permanently The visit of these two ortho-
pedic surgeons has brought that branch or sur
gerry to public notice, and as a result II is
thought that measures for making crippled chill
dren into sound adults. will receive public con
/ sderation State aid for hospitals that will do
,ct 10 secured