The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-10-08

The Blessed Virgin then said, +" On the day
your mother is buried you must enter,,
and with these words she disappeared, ana
Theresa became unconscious, In winch
state she was Amounted.
During the time Of the apparition there
friend, Miss Anna Wentz, who has since
entered the Convent Of the Good Shepherd.
This Young lady neither saw nor heard the
Blessed Virgin, but she noticed in the face
of the patient something heavenly and ex-
traordinary, and she heard distinctly some
of her answers.
AS it was about the hour of dinner, The
resa asked for some food, saying that s!le
was hungry aud could eat anything. The
Sister being unwilling to let her leave the
bed, dinner, including some meat and po-
tatoes, was brought to her. of which che ate
dressed, went to the chapel, where she re-
NAMED for more than an hour on her knees
engaged in prayer. Afterwards she walked
about the Convent, visiting her parents to,
wards evening, with whom she supped, and
then returned to the Infirmary.
At the usual hour on Sunday, Dr. 7 ar
nall, visiting the Infrmary, was informed
of the event, and was not a little astonished
to see Theresa coming to meet him, looking
we'll and hearty. On that same day she
visited two churches, St. Nicholas and st:
Alphonsus, the latter situated on Grand
On Monday, DR.. Yarnall, with three other
byscians, came to make q close examina-
| ton of the case, and recognised that their
former patient was in good and perfect
| health, without the least trace OF her ois-
ease. After remaining few days with the
Sisters, the happy Theresa returned to her
home, where, without the least inconve-
nience, she employs herself in the usua!
household duties, washing, ironing ana
scrubbing.
The reader may Judge for himself whether
there was not supernatural power mani
tested in these events. AS to the facts, any
one may assure himself of their trath by
visiting the parties concerned. We subjoin
the statement of the three physicians who
were Ter principal attendants. DIS. ar
nall and Papin are the regular pbysicians
of the establishment, while DR.. Cooper had
treated her at her home, aud continued to
visit her after her entrance into the In
Urinary. p. TscHEIDER, s. j.
st. Louis, Mo-. Sept. l6, 1871.
-. MEDICAL STATEMENT.
Theresa Schaffer was admitted as an ont
door patient of the Female Clinic OF tne DIS
Of Mercy in Apr ISL on .h the had Seen
her medical adviser for some time previously.
The history of the case as related ~ tae
patient and confirmed by Dr. Cooper, is brieny
health, gradually getting worse. Though she
had employed some six or eight medical men
J., she had derived little or no beneht from Jne
treatment. At the time of her admission snt
complaiped of great pain over the region OF
the liver, general debility, ana occasionaiis
severe attacks of intermittent fever. Opot
examination great tenderness was ioahd owe, owe
the abdomen and in the region OF the livel
; there was found q large and well dennee
. tumor extending low in the abdominal cavity
which was exceedingly painful when manipu
ed her agreed q believe, without exceptioh)
that the tumor was connected with the liver
and several we're under the impression tina
the other organs were seriously involved; a
to the exact diameter of the tnmor, it was, o
course impossible to determine. Among tn
physicians who examined her, may mentio
3 Drs 7. Papin, NJ. A. Pallen, l.. Charles Bois
h linere, Y II. Bond, w. H. Cooper, J:Dulanc
Q and others. Various methods OF treatmen
+ were su ycested, tried, aud were oil no aVa
In the meantime the patient Wa fsau ars .h
sinking, and at last was uLnble To ieaNe III
house of the Sisters of Mercy, where sue 100
:, a bed. Some ten days before her recovery he
; bladder cease to act, and Instruments Mei
required to relieve her: the various function
Q of the body were performed with great am
:, Guilty On the morning of Saturday, Angus
t 26th, was consulted by the Sister in chars
h not be performed, or rather, to learn If the pi
= tient was not dying, so that the sacramen
Z Knight be given. 1 found her in an unconscio'
= and apparently dying condition. 1t was III
IA i,npression that she mi ght sui i've aS much :
10 twenty-four hours, hardly more. l left I'll
IS house Immediately after, aud ON the followi'
Il lay again visited tue 1ustlthiIop. anu i"u'
~ the uatisnt entirely we'll On Monday, Angu
n Isth, she was examined by Drs. P"pin, Coopet
nf Quarlcs and myself; the tumor was gone 7.
VI functions of the body were evidently in a pc
n fectlv healthy condition, and the patient "
rs weii NJ. YARNALL. NJ. D.,
o, No. 4l0 North Ninth street.
t. St. LOUIS Mo-, Sept. Q. 1871.
So far as the above came under my ol,serv
W tim IL ia correct. w. II. COOPER, NJ. ID.
he Isaw Theresa Schaffer the day before Is
s. recovered l am satisfied she was then in
d. dying condition, aud that no human skill eou
d. cure her saw her again the Monday folio
re ing, t. e., two days after her cure. Iexamin
IS. her then thoroughly, ia the presence of d
Id Cooper, Quarles and Yarnall. She was p
u DIR. TIMOTHY L. PAPIN
ng -
nd THE FIRST NEwsPAPER.-An Ingenio
e. physician of Paris-Renaudot by name
ng more than two hundred years ago
ut upon good idea for ''cntting out"
er more learned brethren, which he was L