Healing of Jeanne Frétel

Between 1938 and 1946 Jeanne was operated on seven times for tuberculous peritonitis. By 1948 she was emaciated, unable to get out of bed, needed strong doses of morphine daily, and had high fever. She was taken to Lourdes "although unaware of it"—she was dying on arrival. On the third day, after receiving Holy Communion at the Mass for the Sick and being taken to the Grotto, she experienced the first signs of her cure. Her stomach returned to normal, the fever and pains disappeared, and a ferocious appetite overtook her. The Bishop of Rennes officially recognized the cure as miraculous on 20 November 1950.

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 Rennes recognized it on 20 November 1950. Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death before antibiotics. Rapid, complete cure without drugs is medically unexplained.