Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-03-25
Virile LOrenz,
Surgical Wizard

over an operating table in Manhnt-
tan stood huge old man. His sur
ccon's gown hung straight from broad
shoulders. Its sleeves ended In neat
starchcd bands about his wrists Just
above monstrously big ana hony hands,
hands that opcncd. closed with SinunuS
powerful comtractions, extensions The
surgeon was about to go TO work
I'm the operating table lay little
girl. One leg was shorter thnn the
other ouc hip was dislocnted had
been - from her birth. The doctor
was going 10 help her. lie was going
10 make her like other little girls,
whose rompincS she had 50 cnvicd. So
she looked mp ut her bcncfactur, hope.
fully, tristfully.
She saw. above the white ncchhand
Of the operating gown. a kindly old
face. II face pinkor than her own wan,
sullerlng-drawn features. She saw
blue eyes clear and gentle and compass
sionatc. About those eyes she saw tiny
wrinkles and knew for certain that the
doctor could laugh. would gladly rump
with her whey she was we'll and the
| tight fcrling of fear about her was
gone; she was no longer afraid.
How she would like ia run her
fingers through his silky beard.
How nicely il ran down from his white
hair past his big ears and around his
chin, He was like clcancd-up Santa
Claus. And his bis muStachc was
hanging like Il curtain below his fleshy
hooked nose. That nose was like the
snout Of an amiablc lapi,.
The surgeon motioncd To his assist
ants To complete preparations for the
operation Graduate surgeons and doc
tors students and prcssmcn drew back
out of the way, craned their heads for
ward to watch the technique. The sur
=con graspcd hold Of the child's Grip
pied Lee with his powerful fingers,
ilcNcd the knee. rotated the thigh
brought it up and then down with .
motion as slow and tremendous aS that
of caterpillar tractor There was
Swapping of adhcsions, Il Sickeniug
cracking The two legs were together.
were baudugcd into immobiIity with the
hips. The surgeon Strengthened mp,
His blue eyes which had just now been
30 coldly serious. started to twinkle aS
the spectators pressed about him with
their ustonishcd cxclamations. with
their compliments.
The tail. gray. compassionate, merry
surgeon was Dr. Adolf Lurcnz. Aus
trian urthupedist
Previous Trip Recalled
Dr. Lorcnz returned 10 the United
States to months ago (Timc. january
lSl. He came boldly Withal in the
back uc his mind was memory OF dis
tress. ON his previous visit in 1921 and
1922 the United States medical profcs
sion had thrown such obloquy over him
that for n time his good numor became
bhlN nldSN. lie llul COME 10 ItluN
with his surgical skill the protection
and aid United Statcs muniliccncc had
afforded Austrian war.cmaCiatcd chill
drcn. His method OF correcting con
genital dcfurmity Of the hip was blood
less" that is. he did not usc the knife.
His procedure was scientific, although
Il differed from that Of Dr.. Edward
lIickliug bradford" surgeon. Ortho
pcdst and Dean of the Harvard Medi-
cal School The professional opposition
10 him ragged not against his operative
principles aud methods, rather against
the noisy publicity newspapers gave
him. The press toutcd him as mir
Hclc worker II Messiah come Ia redeem
tho halt aud the lame. Camcrumcn got
him. always genial and accommodate
ing. To pose in ridiculous circumstances.
One picture showed him kinkcd over
and looking soIcmnly nt the twisted
| head 0f u boy whom hc had cured. The
doctor. in his UycrcOut aud without lbs