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inquiry, he was so little disposed to accept such phenomena 

 as facts. He ended, however, by being fully convinced, as 

 also the cure (a fine, soldier-like man of about sixty-five, some- 

 what brusque 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. 

 Nogu^s, 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 

 pronounced 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 eye- 

 lids righted themselves, 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 



