I searched and did not find this here. I was curious about Edith Stein, the convert to Catholicism who was canonized a few years ago. Turns out she was canonized due to the cure of a little girl who accidentally ate some huge dose of Tylenol and was suffering from liver failure as a result. According to the accounts of the family and doctor treating her, a sudden recovery occurred after prayers to Teresa Benedicta (Stein's Catholic name).
The doctor who treated the girl told the NYT the following:
"I'm not saying it was a miracle,'' said Dr. Ronald Kleinman, who treated her at Massachusetts General Hospital, in an interview last year. ''I'm saying it was miraculous. I'm Jewish. I don't believe per se in miracles, but I can say I didn't expect her to recover."
http://ift.tt/1r37QEw
Does anyone know whether skeptical doctors gave an alternative explanation for the girl's sudden recovery? Or if there are any doctors here, what would you say happened? I remember that Stein's canonization got some attention for other reasons, but no skeptical views of this story turned up online.
The most obvious alternative hypothesis is that the initial blood test was wrong. But according to the account from this Catholic source, she was admitted on March 20th and the recovery occurred on March 24th, so she very likely had multiple blood tests before the recovery.
http://www.centerforchristiannonviol...iracle_02c.pdf
The doctor who treated the girl told the NYT the following:
"I'm not saying it was a miracle,'' said Dr. Ronald Kleinman, who treated her at Massachusetts General Hospital, in an interview last year. ''I'm saying it was miraculous. I'm Jewish. I don't believe per se in miracles, but I can say I didn't expect her to recover."
http://ift.tt/1r37QEw
Does anyone know whether skeptical doctors gave an alternative explanation for the girl's sudden recovery? Or if there are any doctors here, what would you say happened? I remember that Stein's canonization got some attention for other reasons, but no skeptical views of this story turned up online.
The most obvious alternative hypothesis is that the initial blood test was wrong. But according to the account from this Catholic source, she was admitted on March 20th and the recovery occurred on March 24th, so she very likely had multiple blood tests before the recovery.
http://www.centerforchristiannonviol...iracle_02c.pdf
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