New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
His treatment Sometimes Is
Effective, Says Viennese
Expert in Bloodless Sur
gerry, Who Will Work Here
Machine Aids His Hands
Hope for Adult and Aged
Through Invention That
Masters Obstinate Limbs

g AAi"Nas asauoI ol peace. tie freely
lays ms gift of bloodless surgery ut the
door OF America. hoping to brine life
ana happiness to shadowed homes he
cause, to quote himself, 'sthe generosity
or America has saved the lives of thou.
SANDS OF Austrian children" He brings
a new machine, an invention of His own.
.nat forces into shape the OF stinate
LIMBS that human hands are not strong
enough to manipulate. More than this
nc proposes to demonstrate new way
or treating the neck of the fenur
wnereoy the adult and aged, as well as
children, may be helped, if not alto
gefher cured His work will be chiefly
among the poor.
While DR.. Lorenz performs his surgi-
cai mission, working through clinics
ana at the Post-Graduats Hospital with
Dr: Albee, he will also seek to build a
pIldge' between the medical profession
o. America and Austria He aims to
cement old ties, to promote university
ihtefchange among professors and stu
dents and to help restore Vienna to its
place as one of the first medical centers
o. the world.
Hero of armour Baby" Case
1t is eighteen years since DR.. Lorenz
came to this country and performed on
MISS Lolita Armour, now Mrs. John ].
Mitchell jr, successful operation for
congenltal hip dislocation 1t was a
1eaI that stirred the entire medical
and surgical world. The long blond
peard that used to sweep his chest and
oe tucked away in his gown for opera
tions is white now. He is still mag
niticent figure, well over six feet in
height, his cheeks glowing with color.
ms eyes flaming with enthusiasm as
ne talks or his work His is q rracious
and gentle personality.
nave come to this country for sew
eral reasons" he said at the Murray
Hlu Hotel yesterday. First, shall
40 what can to repay Americans for
.heIr wonderful generosity to Austrian
chlidren' 1t is debt that we cannot
nope to pay, but if | can relieve the
suHering OF some Of your little ones
We shail feel as If omething has been
oone. thousands more of our babies
would have died but for what You
nave done over there. I bring to YOU
ehe tervent thanks of my country.
IN 'he second place. I come as the
eemlssary of the medical profession
sc1ence is international. Those who
reieve human suffering should know
no political differences and bear no ami.
mo,sisies. They should work together
1ll over the world. 1t is surely time
10 call truce in the medical profss
snoH, n,on. u we are to go forward we must
that the gap between the professior +,
austria and America may be bridped
ana tnat your students may come to us
again, as in the old days.
III is only through the generosity of
friends that have come here. NV son w
VINO mas assisted me for the last ten
years, is carrying on my work in the
ueneral Hospital in Vienna and will
PROVIDE for his brother and mother"
Emergency Call Awaits Him
Or. Lorenz said that his plans were
not yet formulated, but that be ex~
poets to start clinical work immedi-
ately. and to demonstrate his methods
to physicians. He probably will he
here for the next month and then will
proceed to Chicago for short per,ou,
re wants to see his old patient. now
mrs. Mitchell, the only daughter Of
ogden Armour: Although yesterday
was MS nrsC day here he was sum-
moned IN the afternoon to see patient
cialists from many parts of the world
When he was here eighteen years ago
ms clinics were besieged and hundreds ;
had to be turned away.
ne spoke yesterday of the preva-
ience OF infantile paralysis in America.
ana SAID that his treatment sometimes 9
was effective for this affliction. al
though it was difficult to do anything
with 1T in the more advanced stage 5.
lie said he used radium SUCCESSFULLY in
certain tubercular cases. He brought
serles or moving pictures demon
strating his work,
"1 could mt hv;ru. So,
me-" he went on, $50 / have bromrht s
pictures showing their deformities md
subsequent cure by bloodless surgery.
use the knife very little, although
there are some cases that REQUIRE sub-
cutaneous operation. During the war
spent. much of my time treating the
deformities of wounded soldiers. But
1t is children, before all, who are re-
sponslve to my treatment. And the
younger the better. With every wear
that passes theiv limbs get more set.
less responsive"
Dr. Lorenz explains that this time
he hopes to help the old as we'll as ~ -
young. Not that he contends he can
cure or restore them to healthy ac-
tivity, but he proposes to relieve their
suffering by bloodless reduction of
congenital hip disloeation. some IN
durable cases suffer intense main that
can be relieved by careful manipula- :
ton, A''
"My chief work, of course. is amono
the children he said. "While their
forms are still malleable wonders cnn
be worked with them. There is an in
cereasing number Of deformed children
IN Austria because of the poverty and
malnutritioh. Many of the newborn
are hopelessly crippled. In addition to
the operations | perform here / hope
to demonstrate to physicians who are
interested in orthopedic surgery the
various methods / use and esnecially
my newer forms of treatment, and the
/ use of the machine which is simnle
combination of screw and cross barr
His Hands Reveal His Power
| DR.. Lorenz looked down at his
hands-wonder-working hands, strong,
flexible and sensitive.
1T takes great strength, of course
ne said. "Bloodless surgery la essen
tally for men of physique. There are
times when one is beaten. And then
the machine will perform the function
of the human hand. gradually welding
g twisted limb to its proper shape.
There are many cases that one can do
nothing with. and they are intensely
sad. The children / cure quickly for.
| get, / meet them months afterward
| and say: DO you remember me p and
! they show no signs of recognition
They have forgotten the plaster OF
! paris and the pain and are merrily at
play. It is as we'll that they should
| forget. But their parents remember y
DR.. Lorenz, who is now sixty seven