Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1912 — Very Unusual Operation Performed Last Saturday. [ARTICLE]

Very Unusual Operation Performed Last Saturday.

Lafayette Courier. / Dr. K. T. Vyverberg, assisted by Dr. Thomas P. Huffman, performed a very unusual operation Saturday at ithe Home hospital upon Margaret Jennings, the four-year-old daughter of a well-known Brookston druggist. The operation was one for congenital kip displacement. Several years ago Dr. Lorenz, of Vienna, performed such an operation upon Lolita Armour, daughter of J. Ogden Armour, of Chicago, and it attracted the attention of professional and laymen all over the world. The operation performed here Saturday was identical with that and the child is on the road to recovery, although it will be some time before the plaster cast enclosing the child’s hip can be removed. This is the first time such an operation has been attempted here, although several such cases haWbeen reported in the larger cities.