An authentic narrative of the extraordinary cure performed by Prince Alexandre Hohenlohe, on Miss Barbara O'Connor, a nun, in the convent of New Hall, near Chelmsford : with a full refutation of the numerous false reports and misrepresentations / by John Badeley.

  • Badeley, John.
Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An authentic narrative of the extraordinary cure performed by Prince Alexandre Hohenlohe, on Miss Barbara O'Connor, a nun, in the convent of New Hall, near Chelmsford : with a full refutation of the numerous false reports and misrepresentations / by John Badeley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the lady (who is not left-handed) would have sacrificed all the convenience and com¬ fort of using her right hand all that time, when the left would have answered the pur¬ pose? Can any one inform me what species of artifice could be used to prolong such a state of constant pain and swelling a year and a half, without losing either limb or life ? Ad¬ mitting it possible to endure the pain even a few weeks, or months, would it not, in a year and a half, be attended with ulterior injury ? Could the swelling or pain be continued by ligature, or other means, constantly to that degree ? The whole appears to me too absurd to re¬ quire a reply.