Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-15
ARMOURs PAY $4,000
FOR OPERATION ON CHILD

| DR. Adolf LorenZ. the famous vi
ena surgeon, performed his $50, 900
operation on Lolita Armour. a 5
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j
Ogden Armour, at Chicago. Sunday
and announced his belief that a cure
was certain.
| He said the child. who had been
unable to walk since her birth. owing
to congentital dislocation of the hip
joint. would run about and play as
other children within six months. and
that she could stand upon her feet
before the end of two weeks.
In the presence of five physicians,
three of whom assisted at the time.
the DELEGATE surgery was performed
at 10 O'Clock in the morning in the
Armour residence. The time con-
sumed was two hours. Ether was adj.
ministered although there was but
little pain under the deft manipula-
ton of the Viennese.
The right leg of the little invalid
from the hip to the knee joint is nov
i'm n plaster cast. The cast will hold
the thigh bone within its socket until
it grows accustomed to the position.
For actual labor done, Professor Lo-
REM will be paid at the rate of S1O.-
900 an hour. But while the operation
lasted but two hours, the surgeon
came thousands of miles to perform
it. The fee is one of the largest in
the annals of surgical practice
Mrs. Armour. who with her hus-
band. was in a room adjoining the OPP
Grafton, is said to have wept JOYOUS
ly when told that her child could
walk.
The surgeon. with record of Il
thousand operations by his bloodless
process. none of which he says was a
complete failure, is stalking Il world
wide reputation on his assertion.
With him during his work were DR..
Friedrich Mueller. his regular as
sistant: Dr. Dexter Ashley. of New
York, Il former pupil; DR.. John Red
Ion, of Evanston, who performed the
operation on Lolita Armour eigh-
teen mouths ago. and Drs. IL. {.
Miller and Frank Billings. of Chicago.
While the parents, alternately fear
full and buoyed with hope. waited in
the other room, the little daughter
was stretched upon an operating ia
BILE. y belt of wool was then fitted
around the thigh and connected with
Il steel screw which was fitted to the
foot of the operating table. Another
belt was put around the pelvis and
fastened to the head of the table.
The screw was then turned gradu-
ally. drawing the thigh bone down
little by little. the pelvis bandage pre-
venting the rest of the body from slid
ing down in the same direction. When
the head of the femur had been pull
ed down an inch or more. until OPP
posite its socket. the operator took
the limb in his hands. and by expert
manipulation worked the head into
the acetabulum or socket.
The thigh bone was then placed ut
right angles to the pelvis, and when
in that position was covered with Il
plaster of paris cast. The right leg
will be kept apart from the other. to
be gradually brought to its proper an
gle as its condition iustifies.
Instead of being kept quiet the pa
tient will be encouraged to walk. the
theory being that each time the foot
of the afflicted leg strikes the floor
and bears the weight of the body the
head of the thigh fits more securely
into the socket. and i'm cases where
the socket is not well developed act
ually digs or batters out a socket for
itself
One of the most certain signs that
all has gone well and the best augury
for the success of the operation is the
distinctly audible noise which the
head of the femur makes when it slips
into the socket. This sound, heard
by the highly trained ear of Prof. L9-
REM. caused him to make the decIa-
ration that he had no doubt of sue
cess.