GROWTH EXTENDING INTO WINDPIPE

Jeremiah Sullivan, parish of Rathharry, Clonakilty, Co Cok. Polypus, or flesh growth extending into the windpipe. He came to Knock with his father on Sunday, the 1st February, 1880, and got id of his disease on the 4th. I saw the growth which he coughed up. The following is his statement: “I have been suffering from a hoarseness for the last eighteen months. I consulted four of the neighboring, doctors, one after the other, and to no avail, as none of them was able to ascertain the nature of the disease. Finding myself daily getting worse I came to the City of Cork, and consulted the most eminent doctor there. On the third day he found my ailment proceeding from a flesh growth or polypus in the windpipe. The conclusion the doctor came to was that there should be an operation, either of which would be very dangerous. Hearing of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin at Knock, I decided on visiting the place. I arrived on Sunday morning, February 1st. Thanks be to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary. I coughed off the polypus on the morning of the 4th February, after my third day’s visit there.

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