New-York tribune., 1921-12-06
Hospital Asks
Dr. LOrenz to
Continue W orlS
Note From Board of Trsrs-
ices of joint Diseases In
siitution Expresses Full
est Confidence i'm Doctor
Money Charges Refuted
~Too Old To Be Hurt bv
Criticism, Says Special
ist, as He Treats Poor

The hoard OF trustees Of the Has
n;ta for Joint Diseases. AT 1a4sh
Street and Madison Avenue. meet;nc
yesterday to consider the criticisms
leycled at the conduct Of the Lorenx
slinics, gave the eminent viennese
surgeon full vote OF confidence. in n
sermsl statement. and said that thew
wouid feel honored il be wo,,ld COW
.snae his ministratsons at their hos
nitai. In some minor details. ana IN
prevens Misunderstanding, the clinics
will be managed somewhat differently
henceforth.
After careful inquiry and in
vessigatIef, says the statement. sthe
beard has concluded that nothing has
.xken place 20 cause II 20 discontinue
the clinics, and the public interest de-
mands that they be maintained in 81
Ear as DR.. Lofenz's health ana ether
engagements permit Neither the hos
pital nor any OF It's attending pbysj-
eians or staff. medical Or household.
has received directly or Indirectly any
fees ar moneys for any service rendered d
( By DR.. Lorenz either at our hospital
or elsewhere.
an some instances, patients who
applied for treatment at the hospital
have made voluntary contri buttons to
Dr. T.orenz's foreign charities. and in
few instances these contributions
nave been received by employees OF the
hospital, who have immediately turned
hem over TO Dr.. Lorenz's representa-
rives fer crippled Austrian children.
az order 20 remove the impression
of improper preference created bv the
articles and possibly ty the course OF
conduct heretofore pursued by grateful
patients. the board has passed q strin-
gent rule that 70 money shall be given
or contributed at the hospital for any
service rendered thereat, and that anv
patient grateful for help rendered can
make any contribution he may desire
10 DR.. Lorenz at his residence. and no
sice to that effect VIII be posted AT
the clinic.
Patients will upon application at
the door receive numbered tickets, and
those not taken care OF at any clinic
will be taken up n numerical order on
following clinic days.
QUITO town patients, in order TO
save annoyance, viii have 10 arrange
Tor an appointment b. mail as the
hospitals first duty IS to inhabitants
Of New York.
$50 far as the claim that DR.. Lorenz
has received fees fron,sprivate patients
not treated at the hospital is CON
cer1ed, the board of trustees feel
thateit has no duty IN that connection;
it IS assured that no such patients haze
been refused treatment at. the hos
pital In Justice to DIR. Lorenz it should
be stated that if he has received fees
hona private patients able to pay. away
from the clinic, he mas followed a Gus
TEN universal among eminent physi-
eisrs, and as a matter of fact he
would have been violating the law had
he given free treatment at the clinic
to patients we'll able to pay
Need of Orthopedic Surgery
at seems manifest 10 the board that
the public attention directed TO the
possibilities OF ortnopedic surgery
through the Loresl1 clinics at the Hos
pisal for Joint Diseases and elsewhere
has been q tremendous public service
and Il would be an injustice to the
public and 30 the purpose for which