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in his manners), who is quite certain as to the marvellous 

 nature of many cures. I have had a long talk with the doctor 

 here (Dr. Dozens) and with two others at Toulouse (Dr. 

 Rogues, No. 8, Rue d'Aussargues, and Dr. Nogues, Rue St. 

 Anne). I will just mention one or two cases, as to the facts of 

 which I have had face-to-face testimony from one or other of 

 these doctors. 



" A woman named Blaisette Soupevue of this place, about 

 fifty, had had an affection (blepharite) of the eyes for several 

 years. Both eyelids were partially everted, lashless, and the 

 lower lids had numerous fleshy excrescences. Dr. Dozens 

 attended this case himself, as also a Dr. Vergez. It was pro- 

 nounced chronic, and all idea of cure abandoned. She washed 

 her eyes with the water on two successive days ; on the second 

 her sight was completely restored, her eyelids righted them- 

 selves, and the excrescences vanished. Dr. Dozens assures 

 me he examined this carefully himself. From that day her 

 eyelashes began to grow, and she has never been so afflicted 

 since. 



"Justin Bontisharts, also of this place, had a rickety child 

 ten years old, which had much atrophied limbs, and had never 

 been able to walk. It got worse, and was thought to be near 

 its death. Dr. Dozens tells me he attended it, and was present 

 when the mother placed it under the stream of the Lourdes 

 water. It was motionless while so held, and the bystanders 

 therefore fancied it was dead already. The mother took it 

 home, placed it in its bed, and noticed that it seemed to be in 

 a tranquil sleep. Next day it woke with a quite different 

 expression of face, craved for food, ate freely, and wanted to 

 get up, but its parents were afraid to let it. The following 

 morning, while they were out to work, it got up, and when 

 they returned was walking about the room, walking quite well, 

 and has done so ever since. 



" Louis Bourriettes, a stone quarryman, had his face severely 

 wounded, and his eyes injured by an explosion. One eye got 

 pretty well ; the other remained so imperfect that with it alone 

 he could not distinguish a man from any other similar-sized 

 object at a few paces distant, and he was incapable of doing 



