A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born,) on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 : with the affidavits and certificates of the girl, and several other credible and worthy persons, who knew her both before and since her being cured : to which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood to the Right Honourable the Lady Mayoress, upon that subject.

Date:
1787
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Credit: A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born,) on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 : with the affidavits and certificates of the girl, and several other credible and worthy persons, who knew her both before and since her being cured : to which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood to the Right Honourable the Lady Mayoress, upon that subject. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The AJidavii of Mrs. -Laulan, the Mijlrejs of the Girl, I Renee de Laidan, do certify, that 5 Maillard, (commonly called Marie Anne) Daughter of John Maillard and Charlotte dio Dognon, hath lived with me two Years or thereabouts, being always very lame, fo that fhe walked with great Difiiciilty, and felt extreme Pains. Her left Leg was con- fiderably fhorter than her right, her Foot was alfo turned inwards, and her Thigh Bone was, as far as I could judge, out of its Place. She all along continued in that Condition till Sunday the 26th of NoveMer laft, when coming from the French Church behind Leicejlcr^Fields, befmeaVed with Dirt almoft all over, and crying, flie told' me that fire had been very ill ufed by the little Children, who had called her many naughty Names, fuch as chiefly reproached her Deformity : Whereupon I told her, that fee ought to take it patiently, and com- fort herfelf in God. At -length, after Sup- per fhe took the New Teftament, and, opening the Book, fell upon, the Place that fpeaks of the wonderful Cure of St. Peters Mother-in-Law i and I at the fame-Tima;, being very ill of an Ague, laid, I had great Need of fuch a Phyfician. She continued to read on, and then reading the fccond Chapter of St. Mark, which fpeaks of the Cure of the Man fick-of the Palfy, fixe feemed to wdncler very much at xkiQ'JewJ . Incredulity, who would not be convinced - at the Sight of fuch a Miracle. If fuch a . D 3 Thing.