Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Healing of Joseph (surname not provided) from typhoid fever

Published October 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM

1880s · 1888
A household (unspecified city, likely Utah)

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Millennial Star Research

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A ten-year-old boy suffering from a severe case of typhoid fever, which had settled in his leg and foot, was unable to walk for four weeks. After Elders William White and Milando Pratt administered to him, his brother and sister told him to get up and walk. The boy immediately arose, walked twenty-five feet to another room, and recovered instantly, demonstrating the power of faith and Priesthood administration.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 50, No. 13 (26 March 1888), p. 206):

Among the sick was a little boy of ten years of age, who had had a very severe attack of typhoid fever, and the disease had settled in one of his legs and feet. His foot was so tender that he could scarcely bear it to be touched, and he could not put it to the ground, and had not been able to do so for about four weeks. Elders William White and Milando Pratt, of the 17th Ward, administered to him with others. Just as they left the house, one of his brothers said to him, “Joseph, why don’t you get up and walk?” His sister repeated the remark and said, “Yes, Joseph, get up and walk.” At being thus told to walk the little boy arose from the lounge, where he was reclining, and walked about twenty five feet, through some folding doors to a bed that stood in the corner of the other room. The child was so overjoyed at the thought that he had recovered the use of his limb and foot, that he threw himself on the bed sobbing for joy. His mother and the rest who witnessed it were filled with gratitude, and wept tears of joy at the blessings which the Lord had condescended to bestow in answer to prayer. The child was healed, and healed instantly, and that by the prayer of faith.

In Their Own Words

“Among the sick was a little boy of ten years of age, who had had a very severe attack of typhoid fever, and the disease bad settled in one of his legs and feet. His foot was so tender that he could scarcely bear it to be touched, and he could not put it to the ground, and had not been able to do so for about four weeks. Elders William White and Milando Pratt, of the 17th Ward, administered to him with others. Just as they left the house, one of his brothers said to him, “ Joseph, why don’t you get up and walk?” His sister repeated the remark and said, “ Yes, Joseph, get up and walk.” At being thus told to walk the little boy arose from the lounge, where he was reclining, and walked about twenty five feet, through some folding doors to a bed that stood in the corner of the other room, The child was so overjoyed at the thought that he had recovered the use of his limb and foot, that he threw himself on the bed sobbing for joy. His mother and the rest who witnessed it were filled with gratitude, and wept tears of joy at the blessings which had condescended to bestow in answer to prayer. The child was healed, and healed instantly, and that by the prayer of faith. — Millennial Star 50:13”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 26 March 1888 (Vol. 50, No. 13). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1888-03-26_50_13 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 50, No. 13 (26 March 1888), p. 206 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1888-03-26_50_13

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