The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19

children of New York restricted only
by the law which requires foreign
surgeon to have license before he
can conduct an operation, DR.. Adolf
l4orenZ. the famous Austrian surgeon
may return to Vienna at re end Of
this week it is said unless certiii-
cate IS granted to him within the
next IS hours 1t appears that the
New I,erkas State Board of Education
whicNss ccnlrols the granting OF the
Iinra ealaiIqnses, has notified i.e lam.
dqE ehy s'sdan that he is without TIE
'taM SsAiitifeut his license the sur
eeOn's activities are limited to
merely advisory function aud the
wonderful work which 'e has been
doing for the manned and the Grin.
-sieti--Tr-i-'t sse~Aeld in allowance be
cause Of a nonsensical Law which It
would appear ought to be recalled or
overiidden in some manner To allow
the work OF the famous surgeon to go
on.
The New York Herald. in com.
mentiHg- on the matter OF preventing
DR. LQr pzfrom continuing 'is work,
declatcs:
What would Americans have
thought Il. when Mir Hoover
Went to tted tho Belgians. the
Beieians refused to lot him adj
Minister because he mad no
groeer's license
What would Americans think
If Thomas 4. Edison went to Lon
don, Paris or Vienna to demon
strate some wonderful Invention
and was kept from showing it be
cause he was not licensed under
the laws Of those countries as an
electrician?
Americans would say OF
course. that Europe was still in
the darkness of the Dark Ages
But what the state of New York
is doing is just as ridiculous as
the hypothetical cases cited.
K Or. Adolf I,orenz is not permit
ted to operate in tbs State be-
cause he does not posses 4 New
York State license Solemt'.y
and officially the state Board p
Eaueation. which controls medical
licenses has Notified the famous.
physician that he Is without the
law.
Dr. Iorenz's work has been SO not
ed and .'e has done such wonderful
work az his tree clinics in aiding tAe
moor that there seems % be no valid
reason for not permitting him to con
tinuo his work as long as ne desires
TO remain IN this country As lons
aro as 1890 DR.. Lorenz was Wor'd
famous for the hip joint operation
whil,, bears his name His labo's
have long heon crowned as con5tl
ntipg a new ana valuable principle
OF surgery. Next to the conquest OF
yelow feyee. tWouty years ago
American medicine halted his method
~ s,hn greatest medicinal achieve
mont Of the time.
Ana now all Of his work must be
cut .ro,t because Of the stupidity o.
lot Of bnrcaucrats 1t is extremely
| pettv Nexpediept, indecent and in
! bosnitnhe to place in the way OF th'
yis'tine surgeon any such obstacle az
| fine lack OF license presents. !
we're high time that little common
| eense we're made to cover such case
! az am, presented by the visit Of IN
| distinguished surgeon who has eyi
1enced 50 much public spirit aut
whose work has been Invaluable u
hundreds and poss bly, thousands o
the crippled poor. TIE New Yorl
State Board Of Education could yer,
we'll awaken from its stupor ant
manifest little of the same sort o
spirit shown by DR. Loren2, He
not receiving the fair treatmen
which he deserves and continuance
! of this "off.hNress' must ineyitiabl
rebound to the shame Of not onl