The Washington times., 1921-11-27
WIZARD DOCTOR
SPURNSWEALTH.
TOA|DCR|PPLES
Got 500, 900 In Armour Case,
But Now He Is Forced to
Walk to Hospitals.
MISSION IS TO PAY DEBT
Surgeon Anxious to Remunerate
America for Help Given
Austrian Children.
by LOUIS HEINZ.

by LOUIS HEINZ.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Prof. Adolf
Lorenz, the miracle man" of bloodless
surgery, has come to Americas shores
to repay to our crippled poor Austria's
debt Of gratitude to the United States.
Eighteen years ago this wizard Of
orthopedic surgery received a 500, 900
Zee from the grateful ]. Ogden Ar
mour. of Chicago, for Transforming his
nve-year-old daughter. Lolita, from a
seemingly hopeless cripple into the
healthy, splendid specimen of Ameri-
can womanhood whose wedding last
June to John J. Mitchell, jr.. of Chi
cago. united two of the greatest for.
tunes of the Middle West.
Prof. Lorenz's great fame called him
to all corners of the world to perform
his amazing operations. Fortunes in
Tees were showered upon him. He
became the possessor of an immense
ana beautiful estate near his home
city OF Vienna. Three automobiles
were always in his garages.
Now Almost Penniless.
knowledged by the leading surgeons Of
the day an the father of modern
bloodless surgery" has not the where.
In Vienna to make his professional
calls. He walks. .,..I.
At the present time he occupies an
inside room on the third floor of the
Murray Hill Hotel.
The war swept away a great part of
his fortune. His extreme sympathy
his response to the terrible sufferinRs
OF his ellow-countrymen and the chill.
dren OF Austria. took away what was
left.
At the present time Prof. Lorenz
II enmeshed in New York city hos
pitfalls where clinics have been estab-
lished for him, trying to aid in bring
ing life into crippled bodies. In about
three weeks he will go to Chicago
then tour other great centers Of popu-
lation to continue and carry out the
task he has set about to do.
When a correspondent OF The Wash
ington Times approached the veneer
able authority on orthopedic surgery
to ask his mission to this country,
Prof. Lorenz Strengthened to his fun
height, carefully weighed his words,
as he placed his hand on the inter-
viewers shoulder, and replied:
Il came here, my son, on a mission.
1t 10 to repay. il 1 can, and 1 know
phtlanthroptC people have done for
our children of Austria. and particu-
larly of Vienna. in their dreadful,
hours Of need.
"Our once powerful country had
been stripped Of it's great agricul-
tural provinces by the fortunes of
war. Our people had no food. Our
children were the worst sufferers.
Their condition was beyond descrio-
ton.
ITO Repay America"
when It seemed that we all must
perish from hunger. your excellent
people opened their purses and gave
willingly and freely that we might
live. ! know how our children suf-
fered, for l was almost constantly
among them. 1 know what wonder
full relief you sent us, and are still
sending us. I prayed that 1 might
live 1t all through so that l might
come to you and repay in my hum
BILE way the great debt we owe you.
God has heard my prayer. Here
am to do what I can
Prof. Lorenz was requested to
outline his plan Of repayment. His
eyes glistened. They shined like dia-
monds through his careworn face.
Then slowly came his answer:
Il come to your poor children to
treat tnem. i come with empty
hands, expect to go away with
empty hands. All ask is that your
poor children who have been afflict-
ed with bone diseases, and who ap-
pear destined as lifelong cripples, be
brought to me. I will do what l /
can for them.
Then shall visit your Her.
bert Hoover and your Mayor Hylan,
to personally thank them for what
they have accomplished for our
famine-stricken children.
mo, my wife did not accompany
me. She Is at home with our son, |
Ing to earn enough bread that they |
might live until 1 return to them"
World-Famous Figure.
That he can accomplish remarkable |
cures in his studied line Of endeavor |
has long been proved by this miracle
man" to the world. His fame, his |
success. and his scientific knowledge |
are famous throughout the globe. His |
home and the hospitals at Vienna, |
whore he has carried on his work, |
have long been the Mecca of medical |
students from America and all parts
Of the world.
Had this man been able to patent
or copyright his discoveries as has
the mechanical scientist. he might
have had a fortune equal to any
mans. But he chose to give what |
his brain had discovered. for nothing.
Whenever he made a discovery, he
did not keep 1t secret. He spread
It broadcast.
To such an extent has the fame
Of Prof. Lorenz Travelled, that he
has been called by rulers and the
rich of the nations. near and far, to
come and aid them. Japan called
him to restore hopeless" cripples.
The khedive of Egypt called him for
his two children. When he went to
Cairo he attended the children, but |
he did not see the parents.