New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

the hospital was founded and ia now
being Supported by the charitably mind
ed people Of New York to Interfere
With this work"
Charles Kaye. president ef the Fifth
Avenue Bank acted as chairman of
this committee, which Included Max
Englander, Noise L. Erstcin, Samuel T..
Fefber Faul NJ. Hcrzog, Bcnno Lsvi-
son. Samuel II. Levy. Franklin Simon,
Louis ]. Vorhaus and Isaac Weill.
in spite Of the storm of criticism
which broke Ia upon his firss day Of
rest in two weeks. nr, fsorenx was at
has clinic yesterday morning, as usual.
and attended i25 free patients. AS
usual, the crowd Of crippled pcorlc
waiting outside the shut doors could
not be dissuaded from waiting At II
o'clock Dir. Lorenz, looking very weary,
turned 70 SO. but observing that more
patients waited, he returned and ex-
amined fifteen more patients.
All the statement nc would make on
leaving was, Il am an old man and be-
yond being hurt by criticism
Denial Made by Patient
The patient, Morton Gerber, OF 1896
Dawson Avenue. the Bronx, whose al
legged grievance was made the basis for
the criticism Of DIR. Lorenx's business
methods by other men OF his profes-
SION, denied that he lad given DR..
Plotz, OF 1722 Madison Avenue. author
lty 70 use his name IA rnat connection.
He said that he had paid the fee Of
SlV0 willingly. satisfied that an expert
opinion was worth that much.
If DR. Lorens were bent on making
money said Dr.. Galland. his secrc-
taSy, ''iais facilities for making money
are endless. There are people waiting
their turn 10 see him who would give
hum fees of thousands, not hundreds
for consult tation Here is telegram
from woman" Dr. Galland said. show
ing Il telegram, Offering him $aoe0 if
ne Will operate on her. To-day Il man
telephoned from sixty miles away. beg
ging for a consultation at any price
lie might make hundreds OF thousands
of dollars if he did not elect to give
his best energies TO these free clinics
NO physician, not the most active
holds more than three free clinics a
week. DR.. Lorenz holds siX noruinc
clinics at this hospital alone. besides
afternoon clinics at other hospitals
and sees as many patients in one
morning as another physician sees in
an entire week. What energy has he
left for private practice, even suppos-
ing he sought it ?"
Anton Wedl. an importer, of lis
East Sixteenth Street, explained his
connection with Dr.. Lorenz's fund for
the relief Of Viennese children by
saying that he had been one of the
several Observation-Disclosures who were
responsible for Dr. Lorenz's presence
here. He said they had thought OF
Dr.. Lorenz-s coming here frankly ss q
national mission, an effort to aid to q
better understanding between the tive
nations.
Following the statement Of the
board of trustees, DIR. Lorenz an
nounced himself we'll pleased with the
attitude OF the committee. He has re
arranged his schedule Of clinics in re-
sponse 70 requests of other hospitals
for his services and to demands OF his
physician that he rest He will be at
the Hospital for Joint Diseases or
Monday mornings on Wednesdays al
the Board of Health Clinic at $50
Pearl Str6 It, and on Fridays at st
Marks Fospital.
To-day Dr.. Lorenz viii operate a,
st. Marks Hospital on Mary DeRoy
daughter of DIR. DeRoy, of Pitts
burgh. The operation, known as intra.
articular redressing, will consist oil
overstretching the knee Joint.