The morning news., 1892-02-20
CURED BY HER FAITH.
MISS EMMA EVANS REMARKABLR
RECOVERY THROUGH PRAYER

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She Rises From Her Bed 70 Which
she Fad Been Confined for Months
With an Injured Spine and Broken
Leg and Ribs and Fractured Skull
and Walks Like a Wen Person.
Her Case Pronounced Hopeless the
Day Before Her Recovery.
A remarkable case Of faith cure is excit.
ing the attention Of the residents of the
southern portion Of the city. Miss Emma
Evans. who is living with her sister at No.
2oo West Broad street, has been unable to
walk without the assistance of person
upon each side Of her for seventeen months.
Yesterday about noon. while alone in her
room. sne suddenly became convinced that
she could walk, and arose and walked the
length OF the room. The mem
bers Of the family who heard
| the noise In her room supposed that she had
| fallen In fit or fsinting spell, to which she
had been subject. and rushed TO her assist
ance They were astonished to find her
walking. Her physician had predicted the
day before that she would never be able to
walk.
INJURED IN RUNWAY.
Miss Evans case is an Interesting one.
Exactly ons year, seven months and seven
| Gays ago, while riding from her home in
Tattnah county TO church in a buggy with
her little brothers and sisters the horse took
fright at some negro boys in bathing In a
pool by the roadside and dashed the buggy
| against tree, throwing the occupants out
The others escaped with slight Injuries.
| Miss Evans received severe fall both
wheels of the buggy passing over her. She
| also received a Kick from the horse.
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ribs and leg were dislocated. Her skull
was cut and fractured and her spine was
injured
An account of the accident appeared in
the MORNING News at the time and it was
subsequently reported that Miss Evans was
| dead.
she received the best Of medical atten-
tion and her broken bones mended.
RECOVERED HER SPEECH.
For nearly three months after the acci-
dent she remained speechless, when one day
her power of speech returned to her sud-
denly and she has never lost it except DUR
ing the sinking spells, to which she became
| sub ject.
Notwithstanding the healing of the
| wounds and the recovery OF her speech,
however, she seemed TO have lost the power
| of motion and was unable to move
herself about at all. For months she lay
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| three months she has recovered sufficiently
10 sit up In chair for an hour or so at a time
without Inconvenience, and has been able
TO make few steps with a person upon
each side of her. Her sinking spells con-
tinued, however. When one of these spells
attacked her she would become stiff and
rigid, with her teeth clenched, her lips
swollen and eyebalis staring. and with every
appearance Of death. She had one Of these
attacks day before yesterday.
| ATTENDED BY SIX PHYSICIANS,
Since the accident she has had the atten-
tion of six physicians. aud. though much
| benefited, none of them were able to bring
| about her restoration to health. She spent
six weeks at the Telfair hospital about a
year ago without being materially bene-
hted. Her case was regarded as hopeless
Yesterday morning she had been dressed
and was sitting up in chair in her room as
usual. About IL o'clock her sister, Mrs.
| Branneu, who was with her, left the room
and went downstairs. Miss Evans herself
described her feelings to a MORNING NEWS
reporter last night. She has been church
member for some time, and has been pray
log for her recovery ever since the accident.
She commenced to pray yesterday morn-
ing when left alone when she
suddenly became convinced that it was
necessary for her to get up and walk. She
made an effort aud failed. She prayed
again ard then made second effort. This
time she arose and walked across the room
and back to the chair. She experienced no
pain In doing SO and felt no Inconvenience
other than little weakness from long dis
use Of her limbs.
| WALKED ABOUT THE HOUSE.
She afterward walked across the floor
twice more in the presence of the family
| and friends to make sure that the return of
the power Of locomotion was not spasmodic.
Miss Evans is q pretty and modest appear-
| ing young girl about 10 years of age. She
| is rather feshy. She is a daughter of j. w.
Evans, formerly Of Tattnall county, but who
since the accident of his daughter removed
his family to Savannah that she might have
the best medical treatment possible
| Miss Evans is a member of the Duffy
| Str eet Baptist church. When seen last night
she was still sitting up and appeared con-
fident that she will have no difficulty in
walking as her strength gradually returns
| to her.
DR.. R. B. Harris, who has been attend
ing upon Miss Evans of late, was greatly
surprised yesterday whsu he heard that she
had walked, and said that it could be nothing
| less than miracle.
| Faith cures are more often heard of than
seen in Savannah, but this one seems to be
as genuine as it is possible for one to be.
80 have been afflicted with an affection of
the throat from childhood, caused by diphthe-
ria, and have used various remedies, but have