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Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Healing Administration for Lovisa Cooper

Published October 27, 2026 at 7:16 PM

1830s · 1831
Detroit
Lovisa Cooper·Lucy Mack Smith·Hyrum Smith

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Lovisa Cooper was suffering from severe nervousness and agitation. Lucy Mack Smith visited her and diagnosed that a good and evil spirit were operating on her. After some persuasion, Hyrum Smith and other elders visited her house, laid hands on her twice in the name of the Lord, and administered to her.

In Their Own Words

“While they tarried with her they administered to her twice by the laying on of hands, in the name of the Lord. — Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Chapter XLI”

Sources & References

Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother (Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith), first published 1853, Chapter XLI. https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket0000lucy (account extracted verbatim from the book's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)

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Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission1830sUnited States

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Questions about this account

Who was involved in this account?
The account involves Lovisa Cooper, Lucy Mack Smith, Hyrum Smith. 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 1831, in the 1830s.
Where did this account take place?
It took place in Detroit.
What kind of miracle is this?
It is filed as a Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission account reported in United States.
Where does this account come from?
Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother (Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith), first published 1853, Chapter XLI. The full source citation appears in the Sources section below, with links to the original where available.

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