The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

PATIENT
IMPROVES
Alvin Louis Black Is The Lite
Of The Chl|dren's Hospital at
IsnytoWn-Hs Sends
A Doll.

New York. May 1.-THE jolliest niue
na,,ent IN the New York State Hospital
,or cr,nnled Children at Tarrytown is
,,t,a Alvin Black. the son of Ihohds
plack a canal boat captain, who lives a.
pondout-on-the-H Hudson. lie Is one OIL
the last patients Prof. Adolf Lorenz oper-
ated upon before he left this country last
win,er and he will be one OF the nrst III
,his vicinity 10 greet DR.. Lorenz wheh
he returns here. between June ~ anu
Tune 15 The boys improvement slhnSu
the operation has been eNeep'oi'"'''
rapid 49, ,o,,,,, ,,astaraav.''
aid prof Newton NJ. Shaffer, the tounu
er and head of the hospital, ana u,. louhu
him in excellent conditloh, re Fsoen, - o,, for
and rosy and full OF spirits. ENcepI Io'
the plaster cast and the high shoe neSIeo
sitated by the position OF ms 'it n'aIi ,.si
he is able 20 run about ana pay az bad a
as any other child OF his age, tie hau
touch of bronchitis at first, but ne ,i soou
recovered from that and he mas done Nei!
well ever since.
GAINED MUCH IN WEIGHT.
..The boys gain I'm weight has been
remarkable. lie has increased i've i've o
ak pounds since last December. nNe ~
the very least. The examination yeste,
lday was to determine whether or not ~
IS necessary too remove the plaster C3s. Caa
TO make way for the boys CROWN, ~,
time for IL will be between June 10 anu
Is. when Prof Lorenz will be mere
II expect TO have the pleasure OF seeing g
prof iorenZ remove the cast at .l,a.
lime So far as can be determined by
present examination. the operation on
little Alvin has been success Nnetnct
or not a new cast shall be put on remain.
1or prof Iorenz to say. The chlds left
leg is now held by the plaster cast ne M
right angles to the longest ANS al rala.
body-that rs, the thigh Is extendeu Prob.
ably Prof Lorenz will put on new cnr.
which will hold the leg at an angie OF
only 45 degrees from the body'
BORN A CRIT. -..-.
Alvin Louis Black is six years old. lie
was born with his LETT leg olslovatteu.
When he heard his mother ana intlv,
talking about the great PROF. borei,n .'.
who was coming from Vienna 70 SuIe
little Lolita Armour. child crippled as
he was. he was much interested. 81.
..T guess she'll be scared, he told MS
mother Suppose you sehd her u'''
The mother sent Lolita the doll. little
ten-cent plaything ,slins Wlin sTmpathy ,g1 that
inspired the gift. She also asked whether
Prof. I.orenz might operate on her Do!
In reply came this letter -.
To Mrs. Thomas Black, NO. No iioHl'
street Rondout y. y: -
Dear Madam--Your letter 10 Mrs, Ar
mour received: also the doll Tor our
thoughtfulness and kindly interest. W,
think the operation has been successtul
but of course. IL is a little early yet t'
know absolutely -
Now In reference TO your request; Ut
Iorenz Is at present visiting on the ia
cifc coast and he will return TO Chicag'
later. at which time | Will gladly retel
your letter to him. ! believe " Is Ut
f,orenz's intention to visit New YORK an'
conduct a clinic while there. but ] can
not say definitely until | see him again
However. | will see that your request u
put before him. and will advise YOU more
fully later. Yours truly,
The result was that Prof. Lorenz ope
rated upon little Alvin on Dec. Il last
The New York State Hospital for Grip
pled Children IA one In which the littl
patients are kept until they are full'
cured no matter how long the period O
treatment may he. Alvin has been u
the hospital ever since. On Christina
day Santa Claus gave him probably IN
finest regiment of tin soldiers ever gain
cred under one chubby commander.
A GRATEFUL MOTHERS GIFT.
Mrs. Black gratefully handed Proi
ehaffer as TO be used for other children
"We haven't too much money, she saic
'.but many people have less. Please bu
shoes and clothes for the crippled CHI
dren that need them most.
Mrs Black has boarded I'm Tarrytow
80 az TO be near Alvin. lie Is the lfe q
the hospital. the merriest youngster !
~. the champion tag-player. the creates
funmaker. Best OF all. he is likely 10 K
through life without a trace OF lamenes'