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| untenablc because 1t Is preposterous to ec.
count, on any such grounds for tho spontan.
S9ms healing and o GSatr2aon Of mosnan
disappearance OF complicated chronic dis.
eases OF tho and instantaneous rcturn Of
TO health. and strength OF consump,fvSnss
in the, last stage, their lung ca 'yii
Es ,ifa mh and for the r6m
many cases of organic Diseases givcn UP n in.
durable 10y attending pllysirians ilc gives
miraculous cures recorded in the nnnas of
Lourdes. nearly, every one of them attcstrd by
competent medical tcstimony. and anAlv2ps
the most remarkable ones from tho. medical
standroint in harmony with logical reason.
phthisis. twcnty-threo of cancers ,".
Sss.s ct ES and t% %es or sSSsn e
the stomach: ono Of nervous disorder. two OF
hysteria: one of phthisis; complicated viii.
the morphine habit, which DR.. do st. Maclou
would not sIass AZ miraculous Guro hut only
special grace from God.
REMARKABLE CURES.
The particulars of several of tho most "a.
markablc cures arc in an article in tho CATHOLIC
The witness OF science /? tho mtra "}}"s a,
Lourdes." An account ct tho cure Of Iorrs
Tsn s1s # !h0 ff tSSf T" M
cd sacrament was being borne past him Other
miraculous cures have boon obtained through
Lourdos: Oostackcr. shrine near Client es.
tabished at the expense e Of a generous Bel:
ab IT, 1851 Pierre aaer PnS o.
Jahbeke in western Flanders. met with very
bad fracture of ono of his legs. His physician
Dr. ATenaer. did tho needful. but tho bones he.
came diseased and would not unite. Ths
afterward Dr. verrort. both o, B ruses a Gmr
they having also been unsuccessful. thres
l.nff Pm u,,l,
1t was u year bofore he was able to rise from
his bed and drag himself along on crutches.
ness lasted eight years and two months Ths
ends Of the fractured bono were thon a littis
could be- seen in supnurating sore. On A nTi
Z. 1875. he set out for Lourdes. Oostackey us.
ing his crutches and accompanied 10y his wife.
hausted by fatigue and suffering. Whils
praying for his recovery ut tho shrine. his leg
use tho expression of DR.. Atlenaor. "as sound
rs that Of n healthy. new born baby" He re.
s to S wh May
spread ' far and vide Twentv-two p6ysi GiSn
dc Rudder. and. amid the. crowd Of other yisi.
tors, We're 800 priests s; s and four II Eishons
been continued in tho chapel Of tho Georgian
Fathers at Constnntinople since 1881. Many
PILGRIMS come there 9pd very many cnres
show u great veneraton Tor the statue Of tho
Virgin. and are often seen praying before Il,
Mgr. Eanutelli has appointed n committee to
canonically examine into the alleged facts,
and its official report has been forwarded to
Rome. The term worship" as applied to the
ferior one. designated in theology as hyper
dulia.' from the highest kind paid to God only,
which is called "latria"
WHAT PHYSICIANS THINK.
In regard to convictions about tho natureoF
the wonderful instantaneous cures referred 10
in this narrative. medical minds in Francsi
have separated into three classes. One classs.
numbering more than three hundred. believes
that they are miraculous: another. also very
numerous. admits that they are unprec edent.
ed in the annals of medical science. in contra,:
diction to all medical experience and iner-t
plicablo by any natural cause whatsoever. Tho
remaining class. obstinatcly and illogcally.i
deny the conclusions arrived Mt by the two preN
cedng. and weak ly try to controvert them By
alleging unsustainable natural causes. In q,
recent number Of the London Tablet has beeni
published n letter Of Mr.. Edward Wolsely 10
which he relates tho euro Mt Lourdes OF Nflle.
de ia Guerro. who had been blind. deformed,
and parllyzed for six years. He declares thai
he saw tho girl before and after the miracle.
DR.. BoiSsarie states that the number of per-
sons cured is. relatively to that OF applicants.
small He has known one instance in whicha
numerous band of national pilgrims returned
whence they came. without reporting single
cure in tho party. l. b. b.