New-York tribune., 1921-11-28
Lorens Weary, but Suffering
Children Steel Hands TO Task
Forty Years of Labor Among Afflicted Have Slapped
the Strength of Surgeon, Yet Will to Work Car
ries Him On and Weeks Calendar Is Crowded One

'SNork, plenty Of it, the best within
my power to relieve suffering mankind
If have any philosophy of life this
is it. Fort forty years have had but
one aim--to work for the sick. I am an
old man now and misery still surges
around me, but while I have the
strength of my ten fingers shall work
for the crippled"
Clenched hands emphasizing his
message. blue eyes blazing with inner
fires, DR.. Adolf Lorenz, the Viennese
surgeon whose daily lot it is to ex-
anime the misshapen among mankind,
sometimes promising them recovery,
more often melting out hopeless judg-
ment, thus defined his philosophy at
the Murray Hill Hotel yesterday after
noon.
For years the sick, the lame, the halt
nave Journeyed to him from all parts
as they journey to shrine. With the
same tenderness and sympathy in his
tones that inspire with confidence the
llttlest child brought to him by an un-
happy mother he spoke of the depths
OF human suffering that he has en-
countered in the long years of his prac-
tice in Europe.
Laments His Limitations
"Ah, you would not believe il I told
you,' he said, throwing out his hands
in gesture of hopelessness. every
year 1T grows more-more. NV heart
aches for the hundreds l have to turn
away. But | have only two hands, nv
strength IS failing; what can l do? l
am overwhelmed since ! came to YOU
mere. You must remember that | am
not as young as when | was here before.
feel sick, very sick. The pace is too
strenuous for me. The food does not
agree with me. l am nervous. You ask
me II would settle here? All, but 1
am too old to be transplanted to a new
country. My work is with the suffering
people OF Austria. shall stay here as
long as my health permits, however"
1t is only a week since Dr. I4orenz
arrived in this country. but in the seven
days great WEAKNESS has overtaken
him. Only the twinkle in his keen ewes
remains the same as when he landed.
He is thoroughly i'll, and is struggling
on because he wants to keep his self
imposed tryst with the sick of Amer
lea. Thousands have sought him and
hundreds have been examined. He has
performed three operations, none of
them new or startling. he said yester-
day, but simple operations such as he
performs every day in Vienna. 1t is
the strain that is weakening him. Hands
are stretched out to meet him as, he
passes. Women clutch at his clothes
and thrust their babies in his face. His
benign and kindly figure entering the
lobby of his hotel is the signal for a
rush from every direction.
Questioned concerning his plans
for Austrian relief with the money he
raises here, DR.. Lorenz said i'm
patiently:
Money, what is money? All. 1
used to say that, but now l must think
of the poverty of my country. 1t is
my desire to assist the brain workers,
for in assisting them I am reaching
the children of the middle class, who
are worse off than any. They cannot
buy clothes at all. One meal day,
secured largely through American
help, is their maximum. The money
get from patients now is just enough
to keep me living. l have nothing, you
know. But, if only my health will
stand the strain, hope to get some
money from rich people to take back