Title

Patient Waiting with Medical Bureau at Lourdes, circa 1950

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

approximately 1950

Work Type

black-and-white photographs

Location

Lourdes (France)

Description

A patient is brough to the Medical Bureau where all visiting doctors will have the opportunity to study the case. At the left is a brandcardier,one of the volunteer stretcher-bearers whose devotedness and generosity is an inspiration to every Lourdes visitor. At the far right (back to camera) is Mrs. Winifred Feely, a volunteer assistant in the Medical Bureau. Mrs. Feely has given her past seven summers to work at Lourdes in thanksgiving for what she believes to have been a miraculous cure, though hers, like many others at Lourdes, will probably never be proclaimed a miracle.

Keywords

Bureau des constatations médicales de Lourdes (France), Sick persons, Healing, Winifred Feely

Repository ID

ML-CSH1-A34

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