A collection of affidavits and certificates, relative to the wonderful cure of Mrs. Ann Mattingly : which took place in the city of Washington, D.C. on the tenth of March, 1824.

  • William Matthews
Date:
1824
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Credit: A collection of affidavits and certificates, relative to the wonderful cure of Mrs. Ann Mattingly : which took place in the city of Washington, D.C. on the tenth of March, 1824. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cougli, and for several weeks preceding her cure, with chills and fevers every afternoon. During the course of her painful and long protracted malady, she apparently suffered more than I thought a mortal frame could endure, and with heroical fortitude and edifying resignation. I never heard her utter a complaint—she never showed any solicitude to regain her health, her prayer was as she told me, that the will of God might be done in her. During the first nine days of March, she performed a novena, or nine days devotion, to the sacred ^aine of Jesus, which was to be concluded by receiving commu- nion on the tenth. On the 9th therefore, I visited her at night to hear her confession, preparatory to her going to coinmunioa in the morning. Whilst I remained near her, she appeared to suffer most excruciating pains; twice she had cramps in her breast; her expectoration seemed extremely painful and diffi- cult; her voice was very low—hardly audible. They moistened her lips and tongue four or five times while I remained, with cold water in a tea spoon. I proposed to give her laudanum, her sister observed she had alreadv taken two hundred and fif- ty drops during the evening. I left her at about half after ten o’clock, apparently in the jaws of death. Rev. Mr. Dubuisson who said mass very early in the morning, gave her communion a little after 4 o’clock, and I immediately hurried back, to in- form me that she was instantaneously restored to perfect health after receiving the blessed sacrament. I went down, to Capt. Carbery’s to view the astonishing event. When I ar- rived, Mrs. Mattingly opened the door! with a smiling coun- tenance, shook my hand. Although prepared for this meet- ting, I could not suppress my astonishment at the striking contrast produced in her person in a few hours; my mind had for years associated death, and her pale emaciated face; a thrilling awe pervaded my whole frame: from that day, to the preset date, Mrs. Mattingly assures me she has enjoyed per- fect health. WILLIAM MATTHEWS. JRector of ‘St. Patrick-s Church. May 18, 1824. Sworn to before JAMES HOBAN [Seal.] Justice of the Peace.