Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Joseph Smith's healing of a woman after she had fallen and appeared dead

Published October 4, 2026 at 8:42 AM

1840s · 1844
Nauvoo

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Millennial Star Research

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Joseph Smith records an incident involving a woman who fell from a wagon and appeared to be dead. He administered to her, and after he poured a little wine into her mouth, she vomited and recovered, to the astonishment of the bystanders.

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

In the afternoon, I went to the meeting-ground, and while I was talking to the people, it was mentioned that a woman who fell from a wagon and was taken up dead, it is said, was taken into a house; I, in company with brother Jedediah M. Grant, went to see her, and I prayed for her, and she was raised to life, and attempted to speak; I then attempted to pour her a little wine into her mouth, but she had the lockjaw, and I poured a little with the spoon, and she vomited and spoke, which would astonish a great many people.

In Their Own Words

“In the afternoon, I went to the meeting-ground, and while I was talking to the people, it was mentioned that a woman who fell from a wagon and was taken up dead, it is said, was taken into a house; I, in company with brother Jedediah M. Grant, went to see her, and I prayed for her, and she was raised to life, and attempted to speak; I then attempted to pour her a little wine into her mouth, but she had the lockjaw, and I poured a little with the spoon, and she vomited and spoke, which would astonish a great many people. — Millennial Star 22:43”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 27 October 1860 (Vol. 22, No. 43). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1860-10-27_22_43 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 22, No. 43, 27 October 1860 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1860-10-27_22_43

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