Show GOTHAM lAM HOSPITALS INADEQUATELY T L Y EQUIPPED QUIPPED v v Now low York Press Out of ot the revelations re attending he preparations for tor the visit o of Dr Adolph Lorenz to this city may come a largo larg State hospital for Cor the care o of children suffering from Cram congenital dislocation of oC the hip and other diseases of oC the Joints So numerous have hac been the applications for or treatment b by the Vienna surgeon that the examining S' S physicians estimate at least ClOO children in New York aro arc 4 afflicted with such sueh diseases The vast majority need hospital treatment treat treat- ment meat and this It Is Impossible to give as there Is no hospital where they can be received Th The same Ilme ratio of or cases Is 13 said Bald to exist throughout the State and the surgeons say My It has haa been demonstrated demon- demon I that one o of the most pressing I 1 needs need Is a a. general building for the re reception rc- rc o of the thc little sufferers They say y the tho Empire State should take the lead In this great work worl and the Legislature will be asked to appropriate at Its Us next session I If It docs not provide the entire fund for the building and f equipment of or a large lane hospital l on an elevated elevated ele ele- spot In Westchester county The entire provision pro of or the State for these children Is an Institution In Tarrytown Tarrytown Tar Tar- which accommodates twenty- twenty five patients This Is the New York State Hospital for the Care of or Crippled and Deformed Children Bishop Potter Is 18 president The building was le leased cd and furnished by private subscription The State was Interested In the movement move move- ment mont to the extent of voting for forthe forthe the thc first years cars expenses Were Vere It not for the assistance e of or private Individuals the hospital would have to close Dr Newton ewton M. M 1 Shaffer the surgeon surgeon-In- chief ehler who Is 15 preparing for or Prof Proto Lorenz's Lorenz's Lo- Lo renz's visit Is at the head of oC the movement move moye- ment to awaken the Interest of oC the Leg Lr No 0 layman laman can comprehend the need for this hospital said Dr Shaffer Shafter We have accepted thirty patients for Cor Prof ProC Lorenz and hundreds hundred have ha been turned awa away Prof Lorenz might spend his life lICe operating in this city alone and not handle one-half one the cases presented The number o of crippled and deformed children In New York is simply appalling appal appal- ling hing I estimate conservatively that th there arc are A similar condition exists throughout the State All cases cannot be cured but tho the majority can be helped Think o of 2511 patients outside a hospital and unable to get he the treatment the they require It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is a blot on our civilization The Tarrytown ho hospital Is only a short step tep In the right direction What we want is a large larse hospital one that will accommodate hundreds and where the children m may ma live In comfort until thoroughly cured The movement wo we have at heart has been pressed ell home to many Kind hearted persons by the scenes at the thc place where we examine the Lorenz Lorinz applicants An Invitation has been extended to Prof Lorenz Arenz to lecture before the Yale Yale- clinic after he lie finishes hla his operations here He TIe probably will accept the call |