A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born), on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 ... To which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood.

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 ... To which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ 4 ' ( 8 ) Thefe Rules being once eftablifhed, I do believe we may make a juft Judgment upon the healing of this young French Girl, lame almojl from her Birth, whofe furprif- ing Hiftory makes fuch a Noife in the Town, and which gives Occafion of fo many different Difcourfes. But that I may not be accufed of breaking the fir ft of thefe Rules which I have laid down ; I will now fimply relate the Fa61, and then afterwards fee whether it hath the Characters that we have obferved. Marie Maillard, the Daughter of John Maillard a Sword-Cutler, and Charlotte da Dognon, was born at Coignac in Xainlonge the 25th of September, 1680. She was fcarce a Year old when her Father and Mother firft perceived that fhe was lame, having a Hol- lownefs in that Place where we ufually per¬ ceive the Bone of the left Thigh to fall into the 1 Hip, (thefe are their own Words.) Thefe good People fent for a Surgeon to come and fee her ; but either through Igno¬ rance, or fomewhat elfe. there was found no Remedy for her. They refted there, and looking upon her Difeafe as incurable, they brought her up without applying therm felves to any other Surgeons or Phyficians* According as the Girl grew up in Years, fo her Lamenefs increafed proportionably, in- fomuch that there arofe a great Tumor above the Cavity of the Jtchion. Her Leg became