Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-06
CURES BY BLooDLESS SURGERY
Twenty Per Cent of Cases Operated on
by Austrian Surgeon Re-
ported Successful.


Lolita Armour. the daughter OF J. Ogden
Armour Of Chicago, is reported to be once
more in the private hospital of Prof.
Lorenz. the orthopedic surgeon, in Vienna.
The child left here with her parents a
short time ago and Mr.. and Mrs. Armour
are now over there with her. This makes
the second or third time that the Armour
child has been returned to Prof. Lorenz's
hospital since the operation which he per-
formed on her in this country in 1903 for
oongenital dislocation Of the hip. It was
the case that made SO much talk in this
country about DIT. Lorenz's "bloodless
surgery and physicians have been fol-
lowing the result with great interest Now
that the child has returned again to the
hospital. 1t is evident. so several physicians
said yesterday. that the operation has not
yet had the success anticipated for IL
Very little has been given out about the
Developments in the case since the opera
ton was performed This was at the re-
quest Of Mr.. Armour, It is said, although
the medical world has been very impatient
TO hear about the progress the child has
made and to compare II with the results
In other cases where DIR. Lorenz operated
while on his visit here.
II is known that the bone slipped out Of
the socket after the plaster was removed
Physicians are rather curious TO know
whether DR.. Lorenz intends 10 perform
another operation OF whether massage
and other treatment are 10 be resorted To
instead OF an operation
DIT. Newton NJ Shafter OF the Cornell
medical school. who practises Dr. LUrenz' ;
method and was with that surgeon almost
all the time he was here. said yesterday
that the case of the Armour child was IN
doubtedly one Of those which could not be
called successful. Dr. Shaffer said that
he saw the child year ago.
AT that time" he said, her gait was
such that It was apparent that the bone
had slipped out. The cases should not.
however, be taken as criterion. Or.
Lorenz performed four cases for me at the
Cornell Medical college while he was here.
In each case the operation has turned out
successful In two Of the cases the chill
dren have a perfect gait No one would
know that they had ever been afflicted.
In the other two cases there is just the
slightest limp. but the children are prach-
cally the same as other children / fol-
lowed these cases up myself saw to it that
they had the proper treatment for months
and am exceedingly gratifed now at the
these four cases were all older than the
Armour child. These operations. OF course
depend largely upon the condition OF the
bones in each case The depth of the socket
has great deal to do with II and also the
subsequent treatment"
DR. Lorenz performed number OF opera.
tions at the Hospital for Ruptured and
Crippled Children in New York and his
method has been followed by other opera-
tors, that the hospital has a total OF
| about ifty-ive cases of the bloodless sur
gerry to furnish evidence OF what its results
are. According 20 a physician who has
been following the matter. these cases show
from Is to 20 per cent Of cures. Many OF
the children who were operated upon by
Prof. Lorenz have moved away from New
York and II has been hard TO follow then
up. The American Medical association
is to meet in Boston on June 3. ana before
the meeting all Of the cases where thu
Lorenz method was followed are 20 be in
vestigated and the results viii be given Il