The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-05-11
nLooDLEss SURGERY CURES.
Lolita Armour's Case lie Not ciassed
As Successful.

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Lolita Armour, the daughter of J
Ogden Armour, of Chicago, is reported
to be once more in the private hos
pital of Prof. Lorenz, the orthopedi'
surgeon, in Vienna. The child lef
here with her parents 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 tt
Prof. Lorenz's hospital since the oper
alton which he performed on her in
this country in 1903 for congenital dis
location of the hip. 1t was the case
that made so much talk In this coun
try about DR.. LOrenz's "bloodless
surgery" and physicians have been
following the result with great inter.
est. Now that the child has returned
again to the hospital, it is evident, so
several physicians said yesterday, that
the operation has not yet had the sue
cess anticipated for it.
Very little has been given out about
the developments In the case since
the operation was performed. This
was at the request of Mr.. Armour, 1t
Is said, although the medical world
has been very impatient to hear about
the progress the child has made and
to compare it with the results in other
cases where DR.. Lorenz operated while
on his visit here.
It 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 to perform another operation
or whether massage and other treat
ment are to be resorted to instead of
an operation.
DR.. Newton M. Shaffer, of the Cor
nell Medical School, who practices Dr.
Lorenz's method and was with that
surgeon almost all the time he was
here, said yesterday that the case of
the Armour child was undoubtedly
one of those which could not be called
successful. DIR. Shaffer said that he
saw the child a week ago.
eat that time" he said, cher gait
was such that it was apparent that
the bone had slipped out. The case
should not, however, be taken as
criterion. DR.. Lorenz performed four
cases for me ut the Cornell Medical |
College while he was here. In each |
case the operation has turned out sue
cessful. 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 |
10 just the slightest limp, but the chill
iren are practically the same as other
children. 1 followed these cases up
myself, saw to it that they had the
proper treatment for months, and am
exceedingly gratified now at the way
hey have turned out. The children
n these four cases were all older than
he Armour child. The operations, OF
,ourse. depend largely on the condi-
ION Of the bones In each case. The
lepth OF the socket has a great deal
o do WITH It, and also the subsequent
treatment"
Or. Lorenx performed. o number Of
'perations at the Hospital for rup-
ured and crippled children here, and
is method has, been followed by other
perators, 30 that the hospital has q
otal OF: about: Sc cases Of the blood. |.
ess surgery to furnish Evidence Of
that it's results are. According to a
MUSICIAN Who has been following the
natter, these cases show from Is to
. per cent Of cures. Many of the
hildren who were operated upon by
ROT. Lorenz have moved away from
lew York, and It has been hard to
blow them up. The American Med
al Association is to meet In Bos-
IN on June 8, and before the meeting
II OF the cases where the Lorenz
lethod was followed are to be inves-
gated, and the results will be given
the congress by DR.. Virgil Gibney,
this city.
Or. Lorenz had great many things
contend with when he was here"
lid one physician yesterday. "He
as practically forced to perform
Derations on many children too old
be operated upon with any great
lance of success. The appeals made
Y their parents and others, however,
ere such that he felt he would be
zen to censure if he refused. These
lses probably have not turned out
lccessfully, and would therefore re-
Ice the percentage of cures. Oper-
ions for dislocation of the hip are