New-York tribune., 1921-12-01
Health
Waning,Rallies
To Aid Science
Great Austrian Surgeon Is
Amazed at Thousands of
Deformities and Pleads
for Faith in u. S. Doctors
'>Americans Are Leaders''
Wants Scientific Reunion
With Vienna: Says Cause
Is Above National Hate


swofold pupose, he made plain YES
eerday in the first public utterance he
has given since he took up his weary
task of Strengthening broken and
warped bodies in this country.
The first purpose is to express, as
far as he may, Austria's gratitude to
America for what has been done for
the starving children of Vienna. His
second Is to endeavor to restore the
cordial scientific relationship that cx-
listed between his country and this be-
fore the war.
Worn almost TO the breaking point
by the cxactions of his work, the
worlds foremost exponent Of blood
less surgery lay in q chamber near
the operating room yesterday and
talked of his gratitude, his work and
his hope. He was frankly Mortified
at the tremendous amount Of deform-
ity in America, much of which, he
said, could have been avoided il the
people who flock to him had gone with
equal trust to their own physicians.
/ Those who have watched him at his
work during the last week remark at
the change in DR.. Lorenz. He has lost
the rudd ness he had on landing. lie
| stoops more heavily and he seems to
have aged perceptibly. Notwithstand-
ing this a tremendous power radiates
from him. A great figure OF man.
! heroic OF stature, with massive head
and beautiful, sensitive hands, with
! blue eyes that CLEAN like ice under
| heavy white brows, and great silver
| beard.
He was resting after the clinic,
stretched full length on a couch, finger
tips delicasely pointed together before
/ him, his eyes remote. His white hair
was matted, his nostrils twitched The
young physician who is his aid, DR..
Galland, hovered bes dc him to act as q
| buffer between him and the interview
| ers
CDR. Lorenz fears that his English is
not precise enough to make clear his
meaning" he said, $50 he has asked Inc
| to speak for him.
Clinics Here Equal to ANY
He has come to this country to ex-
! tend the hand of fellowship" DR. Gal
land began very formally, "and to
thank the American people for what
! they have done. He does not pose as
being III any way superior to the Ameri-
! can orthopedic surgeons, but desires to
| interchange methods of treatment He
appeals to those who have crippled
I children or friends to go to the Ameri-
/ can surgeon, whose clinics are equal to
! any in the world. That he is amazed
| at the number
Thousands" DR.. Lorenz interiected
] sharply, the blue eyes no longer re-
mote. SAT the thousands who have
thought their cases hopeless and have
not even sought for help from the
! American surgeons. They come to me
as miracle worker, but what demon
stcate is the ordinary miracle OF
acience OF surgery. I have simply
/ aroused them out of their lassitude,
! out OF their Indifference"
There was in his tone the blazing
inpatence Of the man Of science for
waste and stupidity.
To-day | saw patient twenty wears
old who could have been cured eighteen
years ago, the time Of my first visit to
this country But he has lived OH
without even asking for help and my
American friends are leaders in this
| branch of science"
He speaks slowly ard easily, though
now and then he lapsea into an idio-
matte blunder.
Il do not claim superiority 70 Them
he went ON, conciliating an invisible
hostility. "On the contrary. have
earned much from than. and vii! cor
tinue to do so. When came first I
feared to interfere with the interests Of
NY American colleagues, put now ses
! that was not SO. | do not interfere
with them / promote them. come
to urge the people 10 have faith in
their own doctors'
How do you account for this indif-
ference p some one asked.
"He threw out his hands and turned
uncomprehendin~ eyes on the aues-
toner "That is an enigma to myself"
he answered Fatalism is no part O his
philosophy To fight hard an unfair
destiny is the lot OF a man as he
sees 1t.
81 shall never do all the work I have
indicated because, that would be the
work of any one mans lifetime. It
Will take the hospital two years to do
the work ! have laid OF :. can do no
more than to show the effectiveness Of
treatment by typical instance.
Brings Some New Methods
al have brought with .ne some ,nssl,-
DDS which are not yet known here. /
have demonstrated them with moving
pictures and with charts. i will de-
monstrate them practically also You
see, do not come as a beggar. come
with something to offer | come TO
open again The old scientific inter