Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-11-30

An instance of miraculous recovery
from sickness, which will prove matter
of serious puzzle to scientists AMI phil
Osophers, has just occurred in this city.
The following account, given on the
authority of very worthy and highly
thought of physician. DR.. b. p. Brown,
of Prospect street. Some time last week
DIR. Brown was called to attend a COM
plicated case OF inflammatOry rheuma-
tism. Upon arriving at the house he
fOnnd Mr.. Joseph Kahn, man about A
years old, lying i'm pr Oslrated and serious
condition, with his whole frame affected
with the painful disease. lie pr, scribed
for the patient, but the latter continued
to get worse ami worse, and, OH Sunday
evening,he was. found to be in a dangerous
condition. ard tile physician concluded
to take i'm another physician with him.
The two found the patient still worse
than he had been the day before, and
the family in great apprehension. The
knees and elbows and larger joints were
| all seriously inflamed, anu were unable
to be moved-in fact.it was only with di:-
ficul;y that the patient was turned III
bed by the aid OF three Or four persons.
The weight OF tue clothing OH the bed
was found very opp. essivr, and the ply
sicians cricre,l hoops 20 be placed under
the clothes holding them up from tie
patients body. The doctor examined
the heart, as its condition is important
in such cases, and he found il i'm DAM
gerous condition. 1t WAS beating at a
rate much above a hundred per minute
and the disease was evidently approach
ing that seat of life. The fever of The
patient was manifest, and the lower
limbs much swollen. Above is the sub
stance OF the statement OF the Doctor,
and he continued as follows: "As left
the house the family followed me to the
door, and, with weeping, asked i'm regard
10 the prospects of the patients recovery.
shook my head, saying that he was Il
very sick MIN, AMI his symptoms were
serious. Early next morning returned
to the place. Ii will be rendered that
the morning was Il stormy One,a driZzling
rain having fallen all the latter part OF
tina night. 1t was, I'm fact, just such Il
morning as an invalid sick from rheulna l.
tism would be much worse than usual.
My surprise can easily be understood
wlIeh il WAS stated that found my pa
tient up and dressed, and sitting i'm Il
chair, apparently as well as ever. asked
him how this WAS, when lie told me the
following remarkable story: lie had
lain i'm his lel pless condition after my
departure the night before, and being Il
very religious man, WAS thinking over
various spiritual subjects, When, all al
once. he had fallen to saying over to
himself the following passage of Scrip
ture: "WhO healeth all my diseases
lie said that he had only said this over
once or twice when he was instantly
cured, and felt thai he was as we'll as
ever. He arose from his bed. dressed
himself, and had been ont i'm the rain that
morning to do certain chores about tht
house AMI farm. MIR. Kahn then began
10 move his elbows and knees back and
forth in the i'm the freest manner, to show
that they were us well us ever. and said
it was simply IA manifestation of the Holy
Ghost. IL have no i,lea," said the doc
tor, whether the cure will prove IL per-
manent one or not. but. SD tar, IL is one
OF the most remarkable things | ever
knew or heard of. have no eXpl .na-
ton or comment to III Ike. | have sim
ply related the matt r as l have seen and
heard it, ard that is all" Repairing Ia
the house of Kahn, that gentleman, who
is Il butcher by trade, was found in bed.
| lie was said to have been again taken
down, but not seriously. People of tn"
house. who are all strong believers in
! Free Methodist doctrines, are convinced
that the cure was Il direct interpOsitiOn
of Cleveland. o. Leader.