y days.

In the same year (1871) the Rev. Father Ubald sent a letter to a
colleague, the following passages of which were quoted in the
_Bulletin Religieux_ of Versailles:--"I arrive from Belgium; this time
I have seen Louise Lateau. I do not know whether you ever heard of
her, but at present the name is in everybody's mouth in Belgium and
Northern France. Louise Lateau is a girl of 21, who carries the sacred
stigmata of the Passion, and every week on Friday is in a state of
profound ecstacy. Dr. Lefevre, professor of medicine at the University
of Louvain, has published a medical examination, in which he says:
'The flow of blood begins in the night (from Thursday to Friday
generally), between midnight and one o'clock.' It took place for the
first time on the 24th April 1868, by her losing blood on the left
side of her chest. On the Friday following, hemorrhage was observed at
the same place, and, moreover, blood oozed out from the top or instep
of the foot. On the third Friday--viz. the 8th May--blood came out at
the left side and from the feet during the night. Towards nine in the
morning blood rushed out copiously from both hands, back and palm.
Finally, on the 27th September, a percolation of blood also set in on
the forehead, as if the young girl had been crowned with thorns. Since
then the marvellous phenomenon never missed a Friday, except once or
twice. Doctors affirm that Louise thus loses from five to ten ounces
of blood every Friday. In spite of this, and albeit she has not taken
food for the last six months, she has, I assure you, quite ruddy
cheeks (_teint vermeil_), and seems to enjoy capital health (_sante
florissant_)."

The correspondent of the Paris Ultramontane paper _L'Univers_ wrote
from the Lourdes in 1876: "I have just been witness of a marvel, of
which I hasten to send you an account. Several other miracles have
taken place within the last couple of days, but I have said nothing
about them, as they did not come under my own observation. However, I
can assure you of the accuracy of the following statement:--Madeleine
Lansereau, aged 33 years, broke one of her legs about 19 years ago,
and became lame, her left leg being fearfully twisted. She came to
Lourdes with the pilgrimage from Picardy, and was radically cured at
the moment the Papal Nuncio sent to crown the Holy Virgin was saying
the paternoster in the mass he was celebrating in the grotto. She told
the crowd that, having walked into the lit