Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Howard W. Hunter — Recovery from Polio

Published October 25, 2026 at 6:05 PM

1910s · 1911

Boise, Idaho

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In 1911, at the age of three, Howard W. Hunter contracted polio. He survived the illness and made a full recovery, an event noted in official Church biographical records as a significant health milestone in his early life.

Sources & References

Chapter 14: Howard W. Hunter: Fourteenth President of the Church (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/presidents-of-the-church-student-manual/chapter-14?lang=eng) (research confidence: high)

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Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission 1910s USA

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Who was involved in this account?

The account involves Howard W. Hunter. Each person named here also has a witness page collecting the other accounts involving them.

When did this account take place?

The account is set in 1911, in the 1910s.

Where did this account take place?

It took place in Boise, Idaho.

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It is filed as a Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission account reported in USA.

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Chapter 14: Howard W. The full source citation appears in the Sources section below, with links to the original where available.

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