Healing at Lourdes 1933 Dr. Gustave Boissarie, Medical Authentication Bureau ~History ~Case Studies Miracles/Miraculous Healing ~Emile Zola

Title: Healing at Lourdes

Author: Dr. [Prosper Gustave] Boissarie, Sometime Head of the Medical Authentication Bureau at Lourdes

Description: Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Front cover shows light scufing and rear cover has some light soiling. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper; blemishes on blank flyleaf; else interior is clean and unmarked. Features more than fifty illustrations, mostly from photographs. xxiii + 369, [1] pages. 10.5 x 7.5 inches.

A review of the many miraculous healings at Lourdes (and those at a distance with water from the Grotto), detailing the ailments of individuals and their cures. Includes both personal and professional medical testimony. Translated from the French of Dr. Gustave Boissarie, the Head of the Lourdes Medical Bureau (Bureau of Medical Authentication) from 1891-1914. It also describes the work of the Authentication Bureau and, in addition, provides a chapters on the adversaries of Lourdes and a rebuttal to Emile Zola and his 1894 novel ''Lourdes,'' in which Dr. Boissarie was unflatteringly portrayed in the character of Dr. Bonamy.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The John Murphy Company
Place: Baltimore, Maryland
Year: 1933

Keywords: Lourdes Medical Bureau, miraculous healing, miracles, authentication, case studies, history, Emile Zola,