Healing of Blaisette Cazenave

Blaisette Cazenave had serious eye trouble for many years—chronic infection of the conjunctivae and eyelids with bilateral ectropion. Declared incurable, she used the water from the Grotto as a lotion. After the second application, she was completely cured. The eyelids returned to normal, the fleshy overgrowths disappeared. Prof. Vergez wrote: "The supernatural effect was as much evident in this wonderful cure as the physical lesion—striking as that was—with the complete return to a normal healthy state by a rapid regrowth of the tissues."

The Lourdes Medical Bureau gathered documentation; the International Medical Committee (C.M.I.L.) affirmed the cure was inexplicable in the current state of medical knowledge. The Bishop of Tarbes recognized it on 18 January 1862. Chronic conjunctivitis with ectropion was declared incurable. Prof. Vergez certified the supernatural character of the cure.