Healing of Henri Busquet

Henri Busquet had been ill for 15 months with fever, followed by an abscess in the neck that spread to his chest. An enormous septic ulcer appeared at the base of his neck. His parents refused to take him to Lourdes, but a neighbour brought water from the Grotto. On the evening of 28 April 1858, while the family prayed, he applied a dressing soaked in the water to his neck. After a peaceful night, the ulcer had scarred over, the infection had subsided. No relapse occurred. Prof. Vergez certified: "This cure is beyond the laws of nature." The Bishop of Tarbes officially recognized the cure as miraculous on 18 January 1862.

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. Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death before antibiotics. Rapid, complete cure without drugs is medically unexplained.