The Detroit times., 1911-05-22

Dr. Daniel La Fsrts Performs ths
Operation Made Famous y visnsss
Surgeon in Case q Little
Lolita Armour.
Prof. J. T. schamherg says % Re-
Cent Of People Suffer From TabeFs
culosis at Some Period.

An operation in bloodless SURGERY
such az was performed by Dr. L0s
renz, the celebrated yienese surseon.
on little Lolita Armour several years
ago. featured the clinic held IN f4ar<
per hospital. Monday morning. under
the auspices OF the alumni Of the
Detroit College OF Medicine.
The patient. In this Instance. was
little girl OF eight years. SUFFERING
from congenital disiocation Of the hip.
and the operation was performed BY
DIR. Daniel LaFerte. with every pros
pect that II Will result successfully.
II 10 long and trying process. how
ever. The hip must remain In cast
for several months and II, win be-
nearly q year before the full use of
the limb win be restored The oper-
ation was followed with much IL
terest By large number OF Waiting
and local doctors.
DR.. LaFerte's clinic proved one Of
the most Interesting OF the series, up
TO date. The Lorenx operation wnb
one Of several performed on chllr
'dren during the hour allotted 70 him.
though not all were bloodIess.
At the beginning Of the clinic 4
little colored lad. four years old, nalred
except for q clout, came toddiing M
with q very pronounced case Of knock
knees. That they might better tell
how he walked, the doctors threw
pennies from the ampitheater into fhe
little enclosure RESERVED for the -ex-
hibits" and the way he scrambled
for them caused much amusement>
Later he was placed under the nneD-
thetic and the knock-knees were co<
rected. DR.. LaFerte saving the bone
above the knees.
A girl, Of IL, exhibited rather
rare case of club foot, to correct
which the doctor found II necessary
to open up the medic tarsal Joint
and turn the anterior half Of the loot
out. The foot will remain In 3 ca1<
for four weeks. DIR. LaFerte straath(-
| ened bad case OF bow legs ms
lchild Of three years by breaking the
| bones. ".
DR.. 4, i. Hirschman gave an insC<
eating surgical clinic. .demons<rnfln1
the use Of Quinine and ureA 1y4r4
chloride - local anesthetic, II 90
ltain cases.
/ That 30 per cent Of the people. have
had tuberculosis In, some form or ~
other during their lives was the In
lteresting statement Of Or. y.
iSchamberg. professor OF dermatology<
TIN the Postgraduate college IN Rhila-
delphia, who gave a remarkably tain
on skin diseases, illustrated by q
score or more OF cases. selected ~
DR.. "A. G.. varney. This statement
was inspired by the presence or sev-
eral subjects. suffering from tnbercu-
losis of the skin. rather rare condt
ton.
The physicians were especially IN
terested I'm Q group Of psoriasis Casa
This is q disease that takes the form
OF scaly blotches, the condition recur-
ring unexpectedly, when II Is thought
to have been cured. One man presentr
ed q particularly pernicious case, in-'
volving practically his entire BODY.
His skin looked as though q bucket -
molten metal had been poured oY
him. .
The sufferers from skin Dr.
came IN q steady stream for q
than an hour, and the eases 1l
from simple acne. or pimpice
blasto mycosis. Q disease that BE-
origin from the same orGaniem 80
produces yeast and produces . sor< G.
mould on the nose. &.
One Of the subjects was . yoonG
girl whose head was as bald ~ . bz|<
lard cue, while her younger SISTER
also showed signs Of badness
The program for the afternoon calls
for an x-ray demonstration by pr. =.
M. Hickey, q talk on the clinical I'm
peftanee Of bleed pressure by Bf. 9=
Il. Mexican, and an autopsy by Or. W
J. stapleton. Jr.. one OF the county
physicians.
A feature OF the Saturday a1ter>
noon clinic IN st. Mary's hospital 100
the talk Of DIR. George G. Chono On
''Roentgen therapy." He said that
while the x-rays had not proven the
paracea expected when first d1scoy-
cred. they were very valuable noe1-
ures IN selected cases. In acno ~
fray was the best single remelly
known, and In the treatment % tnbef-
cuiar glands the x-ray was equal 70.
surgery and I'm many cases superforf
was devoid Of danger and let no
scars, the physician said.
In the use Of the rays Tor the frsef<
ment OF cancers OF the skin. e6De
cially about the face. the majority q
patients were cured without dis1nxure-
nent, and IN the case Of cancer % t1o
breast and deepseated cancers Iifo
was prolonged and made mofe boof<
able by the use Of the rays a Con-
junction with surgery. which shoold
be used first
Grandfather Clause y illson1.
oxt AuouA cry. Okla. uar "a.