The Miracle of St. Thomas' Cure of Blind Eilward - Professor William Ayliffe
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Channel: Gresham College · 2011 · Education
After having his eyes gauged out and genitals cut off, Eilward prayed to St. Thomas. The saint then appeared to cure him in person and Eilward could not only see again but his genitals were restored. This is all depicted in a stained glass window, although some of it only metaphorically... Professor William Ayliffe retells this story of the first documented cure of blindness outside of the Bible. This video comes from Professor Ayliffe's lecture, 'The Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective', which was given as a part of the conference on Tudor Health Reform in June 2011. The full conference can be accessed here, where you can watch the full lecture: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/http%3A/%252Fwww.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/tudor-health-reform Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. http://www.gresham.ac.uk
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