He had reached such a point that he could no longer move, and science decreed that he would forever remain infirm.

Well, one evening he shuts himself up with a bottle of Lourdes water.

He takes off his bandages, washes both his legs, and drinks what little water then remains in the bottle.

Then he goes to bed and falls asleep; and when he awakes, he feels his legs and looks at them.

There is nothing left; the varicose enlargement, the ulcers, have all disappeared.