Spaetgens-Verheggen cure

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Passionists: Saints, Canonisation, Canonisation process, Letters, Charles Houben, Miracles
Charles Houben: Canonisation, Canonisation process, Miracles

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Attribution: Passionist Archives, St Patrick's Province

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Gradual(1)

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occurred , but even when they felt able to explain the gradual

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condition . Mrs Spaetgens was discharged home in a serious state Spectgana invoked the Intercession of Father Charles of Saint The vomiting ceased and the bowel activity become normal so there patient's condition became critical ; she was agitated and was no longer need for the frequent enoms . The patient began to disturbed by continuous vomiting . During that night Mrs. mass in the left hypochondrium . The mass was easily palpable , Andrew . She became immediately calmer ; she felt suddenly cured . on 19 January 1952 . The progress was infavourable and limited fixed and very painful . The doctors decided against surgical intervention on account of the patient's age and general the patient's condition continued . On the third night , the Three or four days after the operation the patient discharged from the hospital on 1 November . At home medical with violent pains in the upper abdomen . In spite of treatment serious decline in the patient's general condition . treatment was continued and was efficacious until a few days before Christmas when the patients was re-admitted to Hospital jaundiced . Medical treatment was given and Mrs. Spaetgens was a downward displacement of the left colic flexure caused by a complained of violent abdominal pains accompanied by elementary not normally , enjoying some fairly indigastible foods . the pains , accompanied by fever , persisted and there was a At home the pains , the vomiting and general decline in The patient developed pneumonia and later became A barium enems was performed and showed the presence of and digestive problems . in time .

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Mrs Spsetsens' general condition began to improve . The drainage into the digestive tract , they were unanimous in the age of ninety-four . She had no return of the symptoms . disappearance of the mass in natural terms of redesorption or Several doctors expressed their opinion as to what had occurred , but even when they felt able to explain the gradual ductors were informed a few days after this event occurred and the left hypochondrium . The lady did twenty-two years later a the cure came about rapidly , interrupting what had been the considering the sudden restoration of the intestinal canalisation were able to observe the progressive disappearance of the mass constantly unfavourable course of a state of ill-health which had as an extraordinary event . ' Confirming the extraordinary nature tested for months .