Elder David Burnett's healing from consumption in Utah
Published October 5, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Elder David Burnett had suffered from consumption (tuberculosis) prior to leaving the UK for Utah twenty-six years earlier. Upon settling in Utah, he was completely cured of the disease, though it returned to him upon his return to the UK for missionary service.
In Their Own Words
“Prior to his leaving this country twenty-six years ago, he was consumptive, but during his sojourn in Utah he had been entirely free from this trouble, but it had returned since he came to this country. — Millennial Star 45:4”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 22 January 1883 (Vol. 45, No. 4). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1883-01-22_45_4 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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