New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
1000 Crowd
etreet to Get
70 DR.. Lorellz
! .,..r 1900 Turned AWAY.
While ? Operations Are
perfofned and Many
Civsa Free Examination
rakets To BE Given Out
s..cialist Will Remain
Here Until Christmas,
Then Depart for West

i Then Depart tor West
i N lire. OF more than 1000 men.
.sn,sa and children waiting hopefully
.et 10 Dr. Adolf Lorenz yesterday Mt
- s;srsrssrv Of the Hospital for Joint
n,sesses N Harlem. approximately L.
~ of thsa never SO much as got a
s,inspse es tie famous viennese sur
rou. TIE number of deformed or
sspp,ed persons before the entrance to
IL disreasarys which is in East Twen-
Akthird Street, between Madison and
shfk avenues, was said by the hospital
,rsaorities to be double that respond
IL to the announcement Of the pre-
ssss days clinic. The unfortunates.
any of them accompanied by rela-
sss, included probably 500 from out
i town. Many of these came by auto
ssbile and were on the ground long be-
Ms dsybreak.
Two Operations Performed
: Two bloodless operations were per-
snmed by DR.. Lorenz during the days
tanic at this hospital. The subjects
scre Veronica Farrell, six years old, Of
20 Union Avenue, Jersey City, and
ialph Gibbons, twelvs years old, a
rwsboy Of l2 West 12Sth Street. The
serstions were Witnessed by q score
more visiting surgeons from various
arts Of the East. They were visibly
Impressed By the work Of the Austrian
Aysician and the evident remarkable
nsults he obtains in so short a time.
Only few minutes were spent on each
Ease.
] The Farrell child was operated on
tr dual congenital dislocation of the
/ hps, and the boy for an advanced con-
ftiCn of knock-knee, resulting from
&hfantile paralysis.
The case of the Farrell girl was SINH
hr to that which DR.. Lorenz perform ed
{sn Lolita Armour. of Chicago, during
tht surgeons previous VISIT TO this
Euuntry fifteen years ago. By forcible
|hanipulation of the hip sockets and
fgnes of the legs the specialist after
{-~s~~.- ~A*@AA NSSS " 2utGGSlNG cu0zt HaQ
Ehserted the bones in their respective
|nvities with audible snaps.
The right thigh bone went back with
|. distinct sound, but the snap of the
FIT leg was not so pronounced. and
|hs surgeon frowned. "Not so good"
|se said, shaking his head and address
ing the surgeons and nurses in at
|hndance. He pointed out that this
|heant complication, that nature had
pot developed a socket large enough
y retain the head of the bone. Com
plete recovery depended, he said, upon
natures subsequent repair of the de-
tcient bone substance,
Cases Thought Hopeless
Cases of this kind have been re-
sarded as impossible of cure, up until
Or. Lorenz's success in the case of
the Armour girl. DR.. Lorenz admitted
to his observers in the operating room
that cases of this kind are still q sub
Iecs Of surgical controversy owing to
the question in some of these opera
lions whether the trouble is caused be-
fore birth or is coincident with birth.
Once the girl came under the influ-
snce of ether and her cries subsid ed,
Or. Lorenz stationed himself at her
feet He took first the right leg and
mrust it to right and left like lever.
ne caught it at the knee and rotated
II heavily at the hip. Still graspine
the leg, he leaned forward until his
beard touched the child's body. Then
by sheer strength he forced the bone
home. With the long-awaited snap the
surgeon breathed with relief, brushed
:ae perspiration from his forehead with
me back of his hand and repeated the
process with the other 1ep
Snapped Leg Into Place
/. Again without the use of knife DR..
|Lorenz, IN treating the Gibbons boy,
Risced nlm fat on his back, raised the
INIt ankle by means of block, then
lsppiled the full weight of his own body
iapon the boys left knee, which was
held clear of the table. with his elbow
sesoss the knee cap the SURGEON then
nfew himself downward upon the arti-
aelal bridge. springing it up and down
nme and again until the strainine Of
me over-taxed tendons was almost visi-
| vs. 70 the eye. Turning the boy over
! ~ ms lace and with the leg still lacked
I Y upon the block. the surgeon renewed
sshs pressure behind the knee. At this
4 yOln. ne called attention to scars which
4 sso oeen left by previous Intellectual
4 Tsrations to transplant tendons.
xn Nnen he had completed the opera
ssS.n ~ On both legs DR.. Lorenz turned the
ps@nt over TO house surgeons, who
tapsl<o plaster cast to hold the knees
~ ueir over-eorreeted position. The
.s-sson ANNOUNCED he had completely
~ .ass.ened out the contracted muscles
Il m;s. ,ss tgaments and reversed the defor-
s. Six months was predicted for
~ period of recovery.
Noiaerous other cases were dag
su nans and recommendation for treat
Ssas as made or the sufferers advised
'neh TO return.
To Give Out Tickets
ths "niies aa E. Diehl, superintendent of
Ss hospital for Joint Diseases. aaid
& IL, "ospitai board was working out a
ssss shereoy tickets would be given
nen. ."eek' advising those seeking treat
maj AZ the hands of the specialist
Tn .aeh they could be taken care Of.
hosnis,.ia hundreds who appeared at the
& horn; ;sl and dispensary yesterday
ohs,sa were augmented by scores Of
s shors curing the afternoon, some of
sbesids zane on crutches or limping
for arsa:i s relative in the rain. to arrange
h biehf ysv.'.n,sments with DR.. Lorenz. Mr.. |
4 he conls'c lss'c DR.. Lorenz estimated that
10 his handle handle all the cases brought |
E christms ssention between now and
jla.chier renry W. Fraucnthal, surgeon
L that hsr.ol the hospital, announced I
to erar,lter Dir. Lorenz will attempt |
DAY. ~ l only seventy-iive cases q
PROVED nis record of 125 on Friday |
ssssts,.eoo many for him and his
o. sss&hts. The onarat;, -