New Britain herald., 1929-11-20
DOCTOR EXPLAINS
 VIEWS 0N REPORT
 OF GRAVE MIRACLE
Superintendent Of Undercliie SanatOrium Not Convinced
 Little Girl Is Cured
HOPES IT IS TRUE BUT
 EXPRESSES HIS DOUBTS

Dr.. Cole B. Gibson Says Jennie Re-
 dente, II, of This City Has Been
 Without Pain for Four Months
 and Has Frequently Walked With
 out Aid Of CrutChcs-Child Visit
 ed Maiden Cemetery.
 Dr. Cole E. Gibson, superintendent of Undercliffe sanatorium in Mori- den, expressed hope, but not belief, today that Jennie Redente, aged A. of 2S0 Washington street, this city, had been miraculously cured of q hip ailment by a visit to the grave of Rev. Patrick Powers. who was buried SO years ago in Holy Cross of miraculous cures at the grave have been reported.
 'I am not q disbelieVer in mira cles, nor am l a skeptic, but itAdocs not appear that d miracle has been performed in this case, at least" Dr, Gibson said. The girls parents, Mir. and Mrs. Roberto Redonte, are said to have made the statement yester- day that their child had been freed from pain and had been enabled to walk without crutchcs after a visit 10 Rev. Father Powers grave. Dr. Gibson said that her condition seems the same as it has been for some time while she has been at Cnder- cliffe and that she has had no pain for four months and that she has been able for some time, to walk short distances without crutcheS, She has returned to the sanatorium.
 Can Walk Short Distances
 "If there was any change in the girls condition, l would be only too glad 10 be the first to say so,' the superintendent declared. Jennie is able to walk short distance a any time without the aid of crutches. Her condition has been responding slowly to treatment here so that she was able 10 start to school last Mon day. However, because of thc' con- dition of the bone structure in her hip and at the top of her thigh bone, we insist and shall continue to insist that she walk on crutches be- cause of the fact that she might he liable to do herself further harm. "Her condition at the present time is such that I believe she will be q cripple for life, only miracle could save her from this. Restoration ot the use of her limbs so that she would be Able to walk as any normal child walks. would be due to miraculous powers. but, as the child is now, she is beyond medical help, that is as far as making her limbs normal again.
 Entered Jnderclihe in 1926
 "She has been affected with tu- berculosis in the hip bone for about six years. Snc first received treat ment in 1924 traveling from one in~ stitution 10 th other. In December, 1926. she underwent an operation on the hip at the Hartford hospital. Late the same month. she came to Undercliffe for the first time. Even then, an examination disclosed that her condition could not be righted, much less improved, because the bones had been severely affected and partially destroyed by the disease. "Shc was in bed until MaV 1928 when, after consistent OrthOpediC ap- plianccs and treatments, we allowed her to get up and move about slow ly for a time on Crutches.
 During tine past summer, we dis covered that the child's kidney was tubercUlar and as a result. she was taken to the Hartford hospital where she underwent an operation and had kidney removed. This appeared to
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