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The Miraculous Cure of a Sarcoma of the Pelvis: Cure of Vittorio Micheli at Lourdes

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Barbara A. Neilan's The Miraculous Cure of a Sarcoma of the Pelvis: Cure of Vittorio Micheli at Lourdes, published in The Linacre Quarterly, volume 80, in 2013, is a peer reviewed medical case study examining a 1963 Lourdes healing that the International Medical Committee of Lourdes reviewed twice, in 1969 and 1971, and found medically inexplicable by unanimous agreement. Its authority rests on peer review in a medical ethics journal and its direct engagement with Micheli's documented clinical records. It documents the medical committee's own finding of no medical explanation, a narrower and more specific claim than a theological assertion that a miracle in fact occurred, and it should be cited for that finding rather than stretched beyond it.

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Barbara A. Neilan's 2013 Linacre Quarterly case study of Vittorio Micheli's 1963 Lourdes healing, the top tier reflecting peer review in a medical ethics journal and direct engagement with the documented clinical records the International Medical Committee of Lourdes twice reviewed and found medically inexplicable. It documents the committee's own finding of no medical explanation, narrower than a theological assertion that a miracle occurred, and should be cited for that finding rather than stretched beyond it.
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Peer-reviewed medical case study of the Lourdes healing claim of Vittorio Micheli, The Linacre Quarterly, 2013.
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Barbara A. Neilan
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The Linacre Quarterly, vol. 80
Publication Year
2013
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peer-reviewed article
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  • Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
  • Miracles, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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