The New York herald., 1921-11-25
LORENZ uses new
APPLIANCES TO-DAY
For First Time Here Me-
chanical Devices Will
Supplant Hands.
iO OPERATE ON TEN
Noted Surgeons to Witness
His Treatment Of Grip
pied Children.
CLINIC DEMANDS GROW
n. Y. Man Offers Use Of House.
Remodelled, to Pay His
Expenses.
CLINIC DEMANDS GROW

Scores OF physicians Interested in
orthopedic cases have applied TO the
Hospital for Joint Diseases at Madi-
son avenue and 123d street for ad-
mission cards TO witness the first
series of operations to be performed
by DIR. Adolf Lorenz after an absence
OF eighteen years from this country.
The eminent Viennese surgeon will
begin operating at s o'clock this morn
ing and will continue until he has dis
posed Of the ten cases selected from
the examinations held in the hospital
clinic on "Wednesday. Practically all
Of the patients are children. and the
Affections cover a wide range Of all
n1ents. including tubercular affections
OF the joints. dislocated hips. loss Of
control OF the limbs resulting from
infantile paralysis and spinal derange-
n1entS Of varying character.
DR.. Lorenz has stated publicly several
times that his most successful operations
have been performed upon children OF
tender years whose bones are plant and
malleable, whereas similar operations
upon adults often have proven futile and
in many cases are inadvisable. In in
stances Of this kind. DIR. Lorenz usually
has advised the application Of perma-
nent braces OF special design to afford
relief
Aside from the general scientific in
terest attached to the operations to be
performed to-day. for DR.. Lorenz has
the reputation among the medical pro-
fession Of having an almost magical
touch. a particular curiosity has been
aroused over the announcement that DR..
I4orcnz will demonstrate for the first
time the use OF mechanical appliances
he has designed TO supplant the use OF
his hands. now no longer so muscular
in his slx.y-seventh year as they were
during the early part OF his career as
IN orthopcdic surgeon.
Ymitntcrs Are Clumsy.
1t has been suggested that these APP
pliances might be used advantageously
by physicians here who lack the manual
dexterity that has placed the Austrian
physician in the forefront of orthopedic
surgery. well known member Of the
medical profession in this city said yes
terday that DR.. Lorenz's methods had
been followed in this country for years.
but the operations were but clumsy
limitations of those performed by the
originator.
None OF US who saw DIR. Lorenz op-
crate upon his last visit here will for
get the event." the physician said.
f.r .1t Oh Y
attended We're frankly sceptical Of the
reputation Or. Lorenz had secured In
his own country, and were only too
willing TO scoff at the slightest oppor-
tunity. When a dislocated hip was
snapped into joint with a loud crack
many thought the bones had been frac-
tured. Or. Lorenz heard some OF the
whispered remarks. and smiling. quietly
worked the limb back and forth in
way that had not been possible before,
thus demonstrating the complete sue
cess OF his methods"
Among those who Will attend the
clinic this morning viii be Commander
William S. cambridge, who will repre-
sent the United States Navy. Com
mandcr Bainbridge Is attached to the
United States Naval Reserve Force. and
IS an attending physician at the naval
hospital IN Brooklyn and an instructor
in therapeutics.
NJ. G. Collins. an oil operator. of 347
Madison avenue. wrote a letter to DIR.
Lorenz yesterday in which he offered
the surgeon the use Of house owned
by him in Brooklyn. The building. he
said. contained twenty rooms. which he
agreed TO renovate and remodel accord
ing TO the doctors specifications and i'm
addition offered TO maintain the hospital
and pay Or. Lorenz's personal expenses
during the entire time of his visit here.
DR.. Lorenz was particularly touched
by the offer. which he said would be
taken into consideration. The surgeon
has been particularly impressed with
the great advances made in plastic sur
gerry IN the hospitals he has visited here.
and II Is understood he has talked 10
several Of his friends about the possi-
biiity of devoting certain portion OF
each year to practice In this country, the
most probable plan being that he would
spend six months in bis native city Of
Vienna and the remaining six months
In New York.
Many Callers SUNDAY.
It had been planned to give the
physician complete rest yesterday IN
preparation for the strenuous work to-
day, but he did not entirely escape the
attentions OF numerous people who caliei
at the Murray Hill Hotel on various
missions.
Among numerous former patients who
called 20 express their gratitude for
cures effected during his last visit was
rfrs. Theresa Weiner Of 1873 West 1l6th
street. She told the doctor he had
operated on her when she was eleven
years old and had never walked a single
step.
An Invitation from Mrs. Adolphua
Busch in Pasadena, Cal. 10 visit that
city has been accepted by DR.. Lorenz
and win mean that his tour through the
States win be extended 20 the coast
Mrs. Busch stated she had arranged for
{. clinic TO be held in Pasadena
Additional invitations have been re-
celved from the Cleveland Associa tion
<or Crippled and Disabled Children and
from Or. L. Larsen inviting DR.. Lorcnz
TO attend clinic In Pittsburgh
DIR. Torenz will make his first ad-
t7Sexs since arriving in this country
this afternoon at 51l Jersey avenue,
Jersey City when he will speak on his
methods before the Hudson county
branch OF the Commission for the Re-
habiliati3n OF Physically Handicapped
Persons. The commission operates n
clinic at the Jersey avenue address.
and issued an Invitation to DR.. I.orenz
through the Hudson county chairman,
DF. Gordon X. Dickinson OF ESQ Mont
.scnacy street Jersey City.