The New York herald., 1921-11-24
|LORENZ TO OPERATE
ON 10 IN A MORNING.
DefOrmed Children First to
Receive Attention Of
Surgeon.
SEES MANY PATIENTS
Gives Free Advice. Telling
a Few Their Cases Are
Hopeless.
GIRL MUST GO TO VIENNA
Mary Moore, Injured Actress,
Gets Treatments for Her
Spine. pa
@-e ..as. -
GIRL MUST GO TO VIENNA


from the minds of ten mothers of
crippled children yesterday. DR.. Adolf
.Lorenz. famous orthopedic surgeon of
Vienna. selected the little ones as sub
jects for operations tomorrow morn
ing at the Hospital for Joint Diseases,
Madison avenue and 1880 street.
These will be the first operations DR..
Lorenz has performed In this country
since he was here eighteen years ago.
In striking contrast to his former
visit, when his fees ran into thousands
of dollars and his services were avail
able only to the wealthy, the surgeon
is giving his time and talent free to
the poor in gratitude to Americas aid
to Austria's children.
With the one exception Of an ex-
service man, who arrived with his
mother in an automobile from Phila-
delphia, all of the patients examined
by DR.. Lorenz yesterday at the Hos
pital for Joint Diseases and st. Marks
Hospital, Second avenue and Eleventh
street, were Of the poorer class. Out
Of sixty cases he selected ten for OPP
Grafton, and gave quick, concise and
expert advice On the others. n
some Cases Decided Quickly.
Many he dismissed with wave OF
his hand. and a remark, Perfectly sim
pie. Merely routine treatment, and the
child will get we'll" Others he surveyed
with curiosity, chatted with the moth
themselves, and always in a kindly tone
gave them the benefit of his fifty years
experience in diagnosing and remedying
deformities.
Two clinics were held by DR.. Lorenz.
one at the Hospita, for Joint Diseases
in the morning and in the afternoon at
st. Marks. Here he was welcomed by
DR.. Benjamin Tilton, president OF the
hospital. who had attended an opera
tion performed by DR.. Lorenz on his
previous visit.
Only a restricted number Of cases
were taken into tho room reserved for
ptal staff crowding about the table
keenly alive to the scientific value OF
the examinations, DIR. Lorcnz took one
patient after another. manipulated the
legs and arms and dictated the dag
nosis to an attendant.
One of the worst cases brought to
| him yesterday was that of Sylvia Lupu
OF 1877 Alabama avenue, Brooklyn. She
was examined in small, square COM
partment, built Of partitions. Like the
others, the history OF her ailment---a hip
dislocation-was read by him first and
then he made HIS examination.
Dr. Lorenz decided Immediately that
sylvia. who is but 5 years old. would be
susceptible to treatment. But he told
her father that TO reduce the dislocation
and restore her legs to normal size
would require months of attention. He
advised that she be taken to Vienna
and the father gladly agreed to take
her there so that the surgeon and his
son may attend her
lla. Little Hope for BOY OF Four.
One small italian boy, years old.
was surveyed sorrowfully by DR.. Lorenz
who said: THAT Is the tenth case Of
spastic paralysis I have seen to-day.
would not advise an operation unless
| the Doy starts 10 walk on MS toes. Tnere
Is really little that can be done.'
George Gastwirth of 1860 Hancock
street, Brooklyn. revealed a paraly zed
arm. He had fallen from a roof when
he was a child and several operations
and electrical treatments had failed to
cure him.
do not waste your time and money!
DR.. Lorenz advised. 1.-THE muscles are
absolutely paralyzed and there is no
cure. You will have to submit to this
condition. and am glad to hear. since
you are shipping clerk, that It does not
Interfere with your work" s. .-.g
DR.. Lorenz was feeling the fatigue OF
his strenuous day last night. He an
nounccd that he had cancelled all en-
gagements for to-day and would take a
complete rest in preparation for his
operating work tomorrow.
The surgeon visited the Broad Street
Hospital and examined Mary Moore, ac-
tress, whose spine was injured in an
automobile accident last Sunday week.
He made adjustments to the spine in
the presence of physicians.
The trustees OF the hospital will give
luncheon for DIR. Lorenz on Monday,
1 which will be followed by clinic. DIR.
A. J. Barker Savage, superintendent of
the hospital, said DR.. Lorenz probably
would hold clinics every Monday after
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