New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
NEEDS OF A STATE HOSPITAL.
High Praise for the Work Of Dr.. Lorenz'

High Praise for the Work Of DR.. Lorenz'
A1banv. Ian , rspecfaD-The secretary of the
State BOARD Of Charities made public to-day d
r.nort hv DIR. Newton aI. Shaher, the surgeon II
chief and superintendent Of the ew-fork oIate
HOSPITAL for the Care OF Crippled ana OeIoFIhe0
Children at Tarrytown, tn which ne iiah-eS GA
interesting reference to visit OF DE- Lore'tN ~
the hospital He says:
The one great burden which has faiea S SpT,
your executive officer has not peeh Ine I go
routine connected with the conouce oi -, 80 -
ajtaI b,1+ the frequent necesstysof declining 10
2 poor suffering child who sadly heeds II 800
care. The need Of more oeds Nas net5 oS ~ the
to those in immediate charge Of your work az te
ar6 80 the fscaI wear when. as already stdleo'
rllly one hundred and fifty appllcat ioiis oa+
nending with the hospital crowded 10 It's $3.50 To
ranaci+v sine that time the advent OF fIo-
lessor Iorenz has aroused Tnuch lhteIsso irriad
subject of the care and trea1nlehC 20 - e +be
and deforrned children, botn on l-le p o,.- Aha
T7,,hIjc at large and especially SO dfiiotie Ii
narents of the poor. This has been espeS s ~
noticea bic at the orthopaadlc cepdi lllieiN -
Cornell University Medical CoHege- 20 onar
In anticipation of DR.. Lorenzs VISIT 70 ~. %
ate at the college clinic, simple all 49, ~,
r,oe-+ vas made in the newspapers ina ot5
re~-af.. 6a1-s an examination of poor, deIoIne1
children would he held at the CoIIe - 80 80
rFn. result astonishing On lne ,t5 "a
stated days over two hundred apPL.so. az, -
fer over a month there was steaoy sLre s %
arp;icsnis until over two thousand "ets -
a1fiued classified and entered Ior Ta
ee1ted for examination, among them some rare
cnnTitfons If these crippled chlloreh We
merely drawn from other clinics, attracted ps
tha rHnovyn OF the great Viennese surgeon, IneIe
v-ould have been perhaps less surprise. nut
nearly ali were patients who had preFlously
recei.ed no treatment at all, OF VINO hase
been discouraged by failure. AFTER many 4i4eA-
+ec+T,al attempts to secure hospital care
II rour hospital had been equipped with lVe
hundred beds 1 could have filled them with DE-
serving patients in one month. As IL Is L
have been obliged to decline all but rev
After vaiulv trying to secure hospital accomnlo-
de+ions for many. a few, four or nVe, nave
been nroyi6ed for by special arrangement, put
there are many hundreds who are necessarily
disappointed. -,
Or I,oreuz during his recent visit to this
country at my request, visited your hospital.
While there he performed his well known, out
nevertheless wonderful opera ton, upon a nttLe
bov five years old, who had congenftal dislo-
cation OF the hip Joint The operation was per-
formed in a mastery way. in a very short
time and the result wcs complete success
Dr. Iorenz visited the hospital in all It's de-
rsrtrnents after the operation, and examined
neatly all the patients. His kindly manner
his marked interest IN each child as 1t was
presented tc him. showed his innately gentle
nature and he appealed to all who were pres
EN- not only : Z most accomplished surgeon,
i,1,r as a thoughtful Kind hearted man