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THE MIBACLE3 AT LOURDES.
Physicians Report on the Cures at the
Miraculous Grotto.
► From the Sew York Sun.
Pabl' Sept, 22 — The national pilgrim
of tbe French Catholics to Lourdes was,
fhhs year attended with many circumstances
which well deserve the attention of the
chnstian world, the attention in particular
, „,„ fflsS ed scientists. Hypnotism—advo-
half explained and half
Inralo tdri mystery by its adepts—had its
Paris during the exposition of
S lvowai unbelievers, materialists and
.nTiical practitioners of eminence met
Stre to c mpare notes, to detail
aT results of their experiments and
observations, to proclaim what they judged
it, to unquestionable facts, ana to confess,
. well that in the practice of hypnotism
an instrument of medical science and a
fcSive method mere should be rigorous
and extraordinary precautions to pre-
IveiU ahuse. Religion, morality the very
Incf.tv of the domestic hearth, and the
“rv Sunty of the social order itself had
Itana justly alarmed by tbe phenomena
I evolved in hypnotic experiments, by tbe
Iwhole series of facts recorded, and by the
I* w all d terrible force covered over by the
I scientific denominations of suggestion and
■ Attr'l'far'from the truth in saying that,
liceor ling to more than one organ of the
Citi-cliristiau spirit in France and ail over
■L European continent, the resuks, agen
(, s a 1 tendencies ot hypnotism, as re
feorded m the proceedings of this congress,
■.mounted to a denial of the Bible miracles,
End of the existence of any supernatu.al
■ newer able to work a real miracle? Last
■year's congress of hypnotists was, the un-
Ibelieving press declared, a cuollenge to the
■ Vr. nch Catholics to produce at Lourdes or
■ Lwhereuny well authenticated uiiraeu
■u us CU res which could in any way
■ arnass those which hyuotisra had wrought
I,'the hospitals of Paris and Germany.
1 My letter of Sept. 8, 1889, described in
I art the answer given to this challenge by
I Kristian France. The irreligious press
I tad it easv to pass over in silence the
I t nderful cures effected at Lourdes during
I r*mouth of August, or to pooh-pooh tne
■ , r , c ,clings of the national pilgrimage as
I pings unworthy of serious attention.
I Nevertheless, the sudden cures effected
I tsffl at Lourdes in presence of more than
I i(ioi)0 persons, were subjected to the enre-
I fol scrutiny of a numerous body of physi
■ a nd certified to by them when no
I p .ble room for doubt had been left. One
I nan" among those thus cured last year,
I wSose" case attracted universal at
■ teuton, is Pierre Delanoy, at present a
I gardener in the employ of Count de Vil
li leneuve-Bargemont, in the department of
I the Var. This man, after serving his term
■ in tbe army, was gradually deprived of the
■ ured his legs, until he became hopelessly
I criiijJod- After passiug from the trust hos
■ pitilsmtbe provinces to those of Paris, he
I siiect live entire years under the care of the
I best medical men in all France, and finally
■ was discharged as incurable. The last cer
■ titicate, attesting the poor fellow’s despor
■a> co iditiou, was that of the celebrated
■ Dr. Charcot.
■ Wdl, lie went to Lourdes last year; was
I carried like a log to the Grotto after the
■ fatigues of the long journey from Paris,
Hhelping himself occasionally by using his
Hcruiche.-. Dining the first two days they
Hplnugud iiim i ito the icy -cold spring niurn-
Ka.,- arl afternoon. Oil the third day, while
Hui ius-ed sacrament was carried by in sol-
H;,|, precession, amid the chanting of
Haul I.s a’ .1 tie? chorus of prayers fro n t e
Hhin.ire.isid si' k present. Pierre Delanoy
Hu,,. imp.died liy a voice or a force within
Hb.": t... rise fr< .in li • stretcher to east a wav Irs
He: utei.es. and to foil ov the procession to the
Hb.silica. He felt all the vigor and agility
Hoi Ins Doth year come hack upon him, he
iiis cure was ins'autaneous and per-
Hfect. Ho had certificates from nearly all
Hhu hospitals of Paris, bearing the names of
Hbc foremost physicians, all saying tuat his
was a hopeless one. And lo! of a sud-
Hiki he went back to them without a vestige
Hof his former infirmity!
U This man is only one among several
Hr r . rnlously and most certainly cured last
lii August, 1890, the eyes of the
c medic .1 faculty of France were fixed
the ii.di mil pilgrimage to L >urcs, begin-
g on Aug. 21, and concluding on the
This time we have in the report of
Hoissariu the miraculous results of
examined under everyone of
scientific aspects, especially that of
jHvjgg.-st iveuesJ," so mucu dwelt on bv
uutists.
|H Dll Aug. 2! “we had at Lourdes about
sick persons," the doctor says, “and
hair entire days twenty-eight or
physicians met in the investigating
■ln study and analyze all cures, ini—
H VIV 'inaits, or changes for the better
took place under their eyes. We
B ok there tumors, wounds, organic affec-
H l:is of every description. Consumption
physicians came from all parts
Fiance, without any previous con-
were unknowu to each other. Con-
H "n curious, or incredulous, we wore
to a predate ourselves, with a
fulness of mental liberty, the
about to be submitted to our
Every 9ick person was
rarer of a complete series of legal
The physicians who had at-
him described the nature of
disease, its progress, duration, and the
he hal undergone. The other
By‘“' ,,lts attested tbe bearer’s morality
H; 1 previous conduct. We had in our
J ’ the elements necessary for a seri
■U) inquiry.”
B!niio h 'u f ' rio sums U P the general
Bhnr , four da y- s ’ investigations:
■i 1 " u ; hs ntl eighty odd cures or marked
better. It is strange that
t , I .’ Uo °, siclc persons, excess-
B, iy , ‘ a hgued, after three or four
■.,', ’ravel in railroad cars, sub-
Bm? ... r P OSt extraordinary xcitee-
Ponged saveral times each
of ‘‘'e-cold water, there
i. " t' l f °hr days only four deaths. If
,r,. f V lO hos P llalt endured the ertra
.l '’’ U u ß ' the excitement, and the
tnhr! 0 .. W j’ ctl tho * aat Louder* volnn-
U s,ir "iy tho percentage of
l and 1)0 fa r larger. On the con-
percentage of cures, the doctor
B wiil .; i ', ar s urnas3ej that ot any known
Bate' 1 no!" " be says - “ a very low death
‘‘ Br ° us aud extraordinary cures.
Brnt ',P ll urimages from the entire
u,, ( r r ranee, which are known as the
Bi' inr..- nt t ourd “.’ hold also
z^' 3 w bch pronounce very rno
■u, 4en J th I n , T'- t f‘ The Pilgrimage of
Brv results, has, nevort .eluss, a
',' r active side. Weknow ivhatiqflu-
St p ° l,ular excite neat and ‘sug-
’ - Ilave *’* procuring certain
" l t “ l ’ year the cures did not take
, Vf ' expected them, or among tho
K..J I'ationts where wo looked for them.
’ d’ations of the human mimlgen-
K ‘Yir V a falso “gh’. on the signifi
v - e bearing of the divino opera
r',l B , PO miracles? This is tho ques
'lut to us all through these
K , ' primage. After eaoh sossi >n of
H .. ot investigation, everyone
H, P ) K icmns would see himself beset
H , V] ,, ,wd ? f inquirers. ‘Tell us if you
Hie "’ and any miracles 1 ’ was the con
vA, 1 '. 1 ' 116 ' 1 'inestiou. We did not ap
.vp M avoiably with our reserves, our
: !-1.-'V' ha '* firm 'y r >'B fived from the
■"-wV u 0 should take no account of
eo * ,!", lSes ’. should make full al-
B- M ‘ t: incalculat.le power of ‘sug-
B c ; 'l M "'ially amid the atmosuhero of
Buy nr " u,ld s. We wanted only to
’bn.yiT’ wy undß . material lesions. All
IB‘' , uirivi, )i r >Ub es wou ' d ho overlooked.
Bhr w , , came to us from a quarter to
B\v m th, look at al! - It is very
Bh-Scstum’ 1 J V’spaak °f hypnotism and
K uud w, sb these words to solve
j . °* certain extraordinary
1 Lti d (by hypnotists, etc.,) by a
a word, by a sign, by a command. XT e
shall have st 1! long to deal w.tii hysterical
per*om, wit . paralytics, wjtii contracted
aud deformed tu.-mbers, and ali tnat long
cortege of nervous dis rders which com
inonlv cling to their victims thr ugh life.”
Tne doctor describe) the powerful address
made on the third day to the asw?mbled
sick, calculated to r.use thur faith and
e .tbusiastic hope in t e divine power and
goodness. Then h paints the extraordinary
scenes which took place on the morrow the
fourth and last day of the pilgrimage.
From the Grotto, with its large tasiu of
spring water, the great procession of tbe
blessed sacrament exionded all the way up
to the new basilica of the losa'y, pausing
on ita way, coming and going, at the mid
dle church, I>r. Boissarie describes the scene
which thou oocurred in order to prove one
thing, that "suggestion” or tho mere and
manifold forces f religious enthusiasm, ar
dent faith, and the prayerful supplications
of a great multitude, had no seeming effect
in producing the cures which came uuder
the scrutiny of he assembled physicians.
When the proejssions and other services of
tho day wore over not a single person,
claiming to have been cured that day, ap
peared before them, Tbe miracles, there
fore, to whioh these experienced investiga
tions were compelled to set the seal of their
attestation were not the result of “sugges
tion,” even though the forces of this moral
agency had been raised to tha very highest
pitch of tension.
What, then, was the nature of the diseases
miraculously cured at, Lourdes on the mem
orable pilgrimage of this year, and atLested
by the board of physicians as genuine, un
questioned and unquestionable miracles?
Let Dr. Boissarie himself answer:
“We were waiting to see cures effected on
persons with sores, wounds aud external
lesions. We only had consumptives, poor
creatures who showed us certificates attest
ing that they were in the third degree of
phthisis, who now only bore tho traces of a
slight congestion of the lungs. * * * To
one of my brother physicians, who insisted
on seeiug cured a certain class of diseases,
which he had selected, I could only say: ‘lf
I could bid, here on the spot, a cane or to
disappear, or a wound to close up com
pletely, I would be happy to comply witfh
your wishes. But lam not a healing agent
here any more than you are. lam only a
simple witness. And you must see, in tho
very order followed by the facts we attest,
the seal of a power superior to us all.’
“I say, then, that we saw consumptives
cured; patients who were the bearers or the
most explicit attestations from the medical
men who had attended them. On these we
could scarcely discover tbe trace, of a con
gestion all but perfectly obliterated. Lungs
in which tubercles and bacilli bad been ia
full evolutiou for months and years were
not yet quite perfectly permeable to the air,
and still gave out now aud then a slight
hissing souud. But all morbid action
seemed arrested, and the patients declared
that their organs were a9 well as over, and
that they felt as they had not felt for a very
long time.
“Are these results to be lasting? We can
not reily in the affirmative at present. But
such as they are, they are surely most im
[) irtant. There oar. ba no illusion in what
has taken place. The facts are too numer
ous and too overwhelming. Such profouu.l
modifications as I have described are not
the effect of nervouscjinuiotion or imagina
tion.
“Try in a hospital to make fifteen or
twenty such consumptive, get up from
their beds; stop the fever, expectorations,
sweats, and all the phenoineia of organ c
decomposition; restore to all these sufferers
their strength, their healthy color, their
jovousness; fill up these cavernous voids in
their lungs, the progress of wnich vou daily
followed with y<>ur oar. Put healthy tis
sues m the place of these ulcers, of these
mortified tissues, just as you close no a
wound by covering it over with sound
flesh.
“Do all this in an instant, in a single
second of time, and then (ell me if you have
in this only done a thing of no account and
undeserving of serious attention. There
exists, therefore, ou side of us ,beyond the
sphere of all human resources, an agent
who intervenes and leaves behi and him the
undeniable impress of his manifestations.
This is what we shall see with still further
evidence when wojenter on the detiil of
the facts submitted to our investiga
tion.”
Assuredly no more important or interest
ing question can be studied by the Ameri
can public than that partially expo.ea hero
by Dr. Boissarie. Bernard O’Reilly.
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