Savio, through whose special protection I obtained this grace.
(Turin, 1st February, 1860).
Thank God, my eyes are still in a perfectly healthy condition, and I hereby confirm the above statement.
(Turin, March 20th, 1861).
Instantaneous Cure of Toothache.
Having read the life of the holy youth Dominic Savio I conceived a deep veneration for him.
But a fact worthy of notice?a fact which has made me deeply indebted to this heavenly Protector, is the one I am about to set down, with the request that you will give it that publicity which you may think fit. On the morning of Thursday, the 7th of April of the present year (1859) I had a slight attack of headache. I paid no heed to it, thinking it was only a passing indisposition, but it increased as the day went on, so that I was unable to work or to sleep the following night. On getting up on Friday, with the pain ever increasing, I was seized with such a sharp attack of toothache that although I went to class I could neither study
