Faith-healing and Christian Science / by Alice Feilding.

  • Feilding, Alice.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Faith-healing and Christian Science / by Alice Feilding. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    number of the Christian Science Journal. This lady was asked if she would kindly authenticate the account given in the journal, and give the name and address of the ‘ noted specialist * mentioned in the testimony, or those of any of the other physicians who were consulted in the case. The journal described the ‘claim’ thus: ‘ Tuberculosis of the bone, which was pro- nounced incurable by family physicians, and amputation was seemingly the only thing left us; and one noted specialist declared that that would do no good, claiming the disease was of the blood, and amputation would result in a breaking out of the disease on a different part of the body.’ The lady’s kind reply to the letter of inquiry shall now be quoted :— ‘ There was no one “ noted ” specialist con- sulted, but many claiming to be specialists. I cannot give the address of all,1 as I do not remember them. In Cincinnati, Ohio, we consulted a Dr. Johnson ; now I do not know 1 The writer therefore thought it unnecessary to give the names and addresses of any of these physicians.