New-York tribune., 1921-11-25
Invitations to
LOrenz Arrive
From All arts
Mrs. Adolphus Busch Seeks
to Arrange Clinic in
Pasa d ena: Cleveland
Wants the Surgeon There
Former p Patient Visits Him
Surgeon Asserts His Great
Reward Is Cures; to Per-
form Operations To-day

young woman walked into tho
lobby OF The Murray Hill Hotel yester-
day morning, saying that her name
was MRS. Theresa Weiner; that she lived
at 10 West 116th Street, and that she
wished to see DR.. Lorenz. The Aus-
trlan orthopedic surgeon appeared. as-
suming that this was some one seek
ing his aid. She asked him If he re-
membered her as Miss Theresa Click
stein. Looking at her in puzzled fash
ION, he shook his head.
Il was the last patient vo,, onera+ed
on when you were hero before. she
said My hip was dislocated. was
eleven years of age at the time and
mad never walked in my life. Look,
You would not know which leg II WIS 4"
His Great Reward
She walked UP and down the hotel
lobby and did few dance steps. DR..
Lorenz watched her closely and said it
might be the right leg 1t was the
left. He smiled and caught her hands
enthusiastically
"Ah! this is the great reward" he
sand There is nothing that could
give me such pleasure as to have YOU
come here and show me that you are
completely cured. 1t is this that makes
me want to work until my hands have
lost their strength and cunning"
Mrs WeIner said she would be more
than glad to put herself on exhibition
at any time to demonstrate what DR..
Lorenz had done for her.
Tired out with his strenuous clinical
work on the previous day the great
surgeon rested for the most part YES
terday. He had his Thanksgiving dim
ner with DR.. Henry w. Frauenthal,
superintendent of the Hospital for
Joint Diseases. The only case he ex-
amined was that OF Mrs. Walter p
Andrews, who came frcm Atlanta, Ca,
to see him. She is suffering from what
is called the Morton toe. She can
walk, but her toes are bent over and
every step is painful. DR.. Lorenz sug-
gested strengthening out the toes by
pertoration of the bent knuckles.
Offered Building for Clinic
NJ. J. Collins, OF SAT Madison Avenue.
an oil operator, yesterday offered Dr.
Lorenz house in Brooklyn to use as
center for his clinics. The house
is valued at 100000, and he offered
to remodel, equip and pay all the ex
penses Of having it turned into hos
pital for orthopedic cases. No decision
was reached by DIR. Lorenz yesterday
on this proposal He is receiving re-
quests to set up clinics all over the
country and probably will not stay in
New York much over q month.
Mrs. Adolphus Busch, widow Of the
millionaire ST. Louis brewer, has in
vited him to visit her at Pasadena and
clinic for him there. The Cleveland
Association for Crippled and Disabled
Children has invited him to hold clinics
in that center. Dr. L. Larsen has in
vited him to Pittsburgh. A number
of New York physicians have asked
him to consult with them on the cases
of private patients.
Dr. Lorenz will perform his first
operation since his return to this
country at the Hospital for Jcint
Diseases, 12" Street and Madison
Avenue, at o'clock this morning. It
is case of hip dislocation. He has
selected ten cases for operations and
will devote the hour between and 8
O'Clock each morning, except Sundays,
to this work The rest of the morning
he will devote to his clinic DR. Will
liam S. cambridge will represent the
navy at this mornings operation, which
will be bloodless and practically SINH
lar to the operation performed on Miss
Lolita Armour. III the afternoon
DR.. Lorenz goes with DR.. Frederick H.
Albee, of POSTGRADUATE Hospital, to
examine some cases at the State Hos
pi+a1 of Novr Tarrov