New-York tribune., 1921-12-08
Lorenz Agrees
To Reconsider
His Departure
Meeting of Surgeons Called
After Specialist Asserts
Medical Mems Plan to
Drive Him Out Has Won
''I've Failed," He Says
IGNORE Fools,'' Copeland
Bcgs; ''With Gods Help,
/ WILL" Surgeon Replies

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Or. Adolph Lorenz, the famous VII
ennesc orthopedist, announced yester-
day that the open hostility of the medi-
cal profession toward him had finally
had it's desired effect of driving hin,
out Shortly before opening the Board
OF Health clinic, arranged for him at
! 56G Pearl Street, he made public his
! intention to return shortly to his own
country. Later he intimated that he
would reconsider.
'In view of the widespread and great
ties in this country" he understanding
before the doctors and others who had
come to watch him worll--'from the
ranks of the medical profession whom
had hoped to conciiiate, feel / must
discontinue all my plans and return
to my beloved Vienna | harbor no
malice against the American profess
sion and hope they soon will recon-
slider and accept the proffered hand
of friendship with their Austrian breth
rem. If once the ice is broken the cur
future reconciliation must take place
anyhow.
First my great mission was to thank
the American people for all they have
done for the starving little children
of Vienna. / did not fail in this. My
endeavors to conciliate the profession
failed. made superhuman efforts. |
tried in vain. am sorry"
DR.. Copeland was present at the
clinic and listened with evident deep
concern to the aged physicians state
ment. During an intermission at 1890
in the morning he addressed DR.. Lorenz
in an effort to persuade him to hold hi S
decision in allegiance.
I'VE have in America type of cit-
zen we call damn fools. Don't be dis
turbed by them. What you have done
here this morning makes it worth while
for you to have come to this country.
Don't be disturbed. Go on with your
work. Take the rank and file of the
profession and | think you will find
they are keen about your work. Don't
be fooled by the damn fools"
Later DR.. Lorenz said:
II have done what | could with q
good heart. will continue, if God
assists me-"
Dr.. COPELAND announced that he
would bend all his energies to effecting
contact between the medical profess
sion, which has bceN conspicuously
cold in it's reception of the celebrated
physician, and Dr.. Lorenz
II think he will stay" said DR.. Cope
land at the end of the clinic. He
formulated plan Yesterday afternoon
to have group of representative
orthopedic surgeons meet at his Office
to discuss with them the aged ply
sican's position.
DR.. Lorenz's position was more fully
explained yesterday afternoon by his
secretary, DR.. Walter l. Galland.
"N has been impossible for DR.. Lor-
enz TO ignore the hostility of the med-
cal profession. The unfriendliness was
first placed on national grounds-that
he was an Austrian and too recent an
enemy to be received. Later it shifted
| to criticism of the widespread pub
licity his operations have received.
"Dr. Lorenz has had nothing to do
was forced upon him and against his
will.
CDR. Lorenz is admittedly very dis
tinguished researcher into very diff
cult branch Of medical science. Yet
no medical association has taken the
slightest note OF his presence here
No great hospitals have extended q
welcome to him. He has been given
precisely the respectful attention that
would be given to the professor OF
chiropractic of the University Of Con
stantinople. He has been treated as
faker, and worse.
"Such Sights as these are extremely
CALLING to a man Of his stamp. The
popular acclaim has been fattering
but man of his age and experienc.
is no longer practitioner. If he j!
not teacher of physicians he j.
wasted. And Dr.. Lorenz has come Of
fering to teach several new and far
reaching discoveries in orthopedi,
experience. 1t was heroic thing to1
him to come at his age, and how ha.
he been received?"
DR.. Copeland's invitation was ex
tended to q group OF orthopedic sur
geons representing every institution il
the city. He said:
"I hope that at this conference lead
ers in this speciality will formulate
plan to assist DR.. Lorenz to render hi
important service to the community.
DIR. Lorenz examined fifty patient
at the Board of Health clinic yester
day. DR.. Jacob Sobel, assistant di
rector Of the Bureau of Cnild Hygiene
introduced DR.. Lorenz to the heads O
the various bureaus of the Health De
partment. One Of the visitors at tn
clinic was Father Duffy, who cam
with his sister, Mrs M. l.. Bird, an,
his niece, Marian Bird, three years old
of 2065 Crotona Avenue. The child i
one of the sufferers from the infantil
paralysis epidemic, and was among tn
first examined.
Before he left the clinic yesterda,
DR.. Copeland had wrung from Dl
Lorenz the statement that he nigh
stay.
"If you had done no more than cal
the attention Of these hundreds o
cripples who are coming to see you t
the fact that something could be don
for them you would have done enough