The Detroit times., 1911-05-23
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SURGERY SHOWN
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Dr. Daniel La Ferte Performs the
Operation Made Famous by yieness
Surgeon in Case of Little
Lolita Armour.
Prof. J. +. Schamberg Says 80 Per
Cent Of People Suffer From Tuber-
culosis at Some Period. !,

An operation in bloodless surgery,
such as was performed by DR.. Lo-
REM, the celebrated vienese surgeon.
on little Lolita Armour several years
ago. featured the clinic held In Har.
per hospital. Monday morning. under
HE auspices OF the alumni of the
Detroit College OF Medicine.
The patient, In this Instance, was q
little girl Of eight years, suffering
from congenital dislocation Of the hip,
and the operation was performed by
DR.. Daniel LaFerte, with every pros
pect that II will result successfully.
II Is a long and trying process. how.
ever. The hip must remain In cast
for several months and Il will be
nearly a year before the full use OF
the limb will be restored. The oper
alton was followed with much in.
terest by large number Of visiting
and local doctors. -
DR.. LaFerte's clinic proved one or
the most interesting Of the series, up
TO date. The Lorenz operation was
one Of several performed on chill
dren during the hour allotted to him,
though not all were bloodless
At the beginning Of the clinic
little colored lad, four years old, naked
except for clout, came toddling In
with very pronounced case Of knock
knees. That they might better tell
how he walked, the doctors threw
pennies from the ampitheater into the
little enclosure reserved for the ''ex.
hibits" and the way he scrambled
for them caused much amusement
Later he was placed under the anes-
thetic and the knock-knees we're cor.
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 or the foot
out. The foot will remain In o cast
Cor four weeks. DR.. LaFerte straight
ened bad case Of bow legs In q
child Of three years by breaking the
bones.
DR.. L. ]. Hirschman gave an inter
esting surgical clinic, demonstrating
the use of quinine and urea hydro
chloride as local anesthetic, In GER
tain cases.
That 90 per cent OF the people have
had tuberculosis In some form or an
other during their lives was the In
tcresting statement Of DR.. j. F.
8chamberg, professor OF .dermatology,
IN the Postgraduate college In Phfla-
delphia, who gave a remarkably talk
on skin diseases, illustrated by. q
score or more Of cases, selected by
DR.. Al. @. varney. This statement
was inspired by the presence OF sey.
I0sis of the skin, rather rare condt
tion.
The physicians were especially In
terested in group Of psoriasis cases.
This IL disease that takes the form
Of scaly blotches, the condition recur-
ring unexpectedly, when II is thought
70 have been cured. One man present
Cd particularly pernicious case, In
volving practically his entire body.
His skin looked as though bucket OF
molten metal had been poured over
him.
The sufferers from skin disease
came In steady stream for more
than an hour, and the cases ranged
from simple acne, or pimples. to
blasto mycosis. disease that has its
origin from the same organism that
|nEodnces yeast and produces a sort OF
Nd ON the nose. u
- the subjects was q young
hose head was as bald as bill
u1e, while her younger sister
moved signs of badness.
The program for the Afternoon calls
cr IN gray demonstration by DR.. p.
Hickey. q talk on the clinical Inn
Dorfanco OF blood pressure by DR.. @.
McKeah. and an autopsy by DR.. w.
IL StapIeton, Jr., one Of the county
DhyBicians.