DR. LORENZ.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7606, 2 November 1903, Page 4

DR. LORENZ.

" Bloodless Surgery " Not A Failure. Tho statement cabled to the colonies some weeks ago to the effect that the operations performed in the United States by the famous Dr. Lorenz had practically all proved failures was promptly contradicted by those best ablo to judge. The doctor is known all over tho world as the first and greatest exponent of the " bloodless " method of operating for tho cure of congenital dislocation of tho hip joint, and he went to America specially to deal with the case of little Lolita Armour, a daughter of the millionaire pork-packev. The child had been helplessly lame from birth, and the most skilful surgeons had failed to effect any improvement in her | condition.

Dr. Lorenz's operation, which was performed entirely without the use of the knife, was completely successful, and only last month, Mrs Armour wrote to the newspapers, expressing her gratitude. "I am glad to have the opportunity to tell the public," she said, "that the operation was absolutely and thoroughly satisfactory. My little girl is now just like other well, healthy children. She runs, skips, dances, and does everything that tho normal child does. The right leg, which was one inch and threequarters shorter than the other when the cast was removed in the spring, is now almost of equal length with tho left. The muscles are, naturally, a trifle stiff, but in a very short time her limbs will be the same length. Lolita is perfectly cured. She is so happy and so aro we." Mrs Armour is indignant that any doubts should have been thrown on the doctor's methods. "I think it is a shame," she added, "that Dr. Lorenz should not get all the credit that is due him. He has made a perfect cure, not only of Lolita, but of many othor children in America. Little Alvin Black is ono of them. Dr. Lorenz operated, and the result is a perfect cure. Tho boy, who will ono day have to makohis way iD tho world, is now physically able to do so." The letter seems to establish clearly the value of tho Austrian doctor's Inethods. Ho may possibly have made a few failures among the many operations he performed in the United States, but he showed clearly his ability to bring brightness into many lives that seemed hopelessly darkened.