Caroline Parker, Her Cholera Pronounced a 'Desperate Case' by the Physician, Is Alive and Well by Morning to the Doctor's Surprise After Elders Boyle and Thirt Rebuke the Disease at Macclesfield (1849)
Published October 4, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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Caroline Parker suffered a violent attack of Asiatic cholera, which the physician pronounced a 'desperate case.' Her father, Elder Boyle, and Elder James Thirt laid hands on her and rebuked the disease. The next morning, the doctor was surprised to find her alive and well enough that she did not require medicine.
In Their Own Words
“The next is sister Caroline Parker, who was taken violently with the same disease of Asiatic Cholera. Some of the neighbours went for the doctor, who pronounced it a desperate case, and gave some advice, after which her father, Elder Boyle, and Elder James Thirt, laid their hands on her and rebuked the disease, to the great astonishment of the doctor and the neighbours, for when he came the next morning, he was surprised that she was alive. — Millennial Star 11:21”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 November 1849 (Vol. 11, No. 21). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1849-11-01_11_21 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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