Testimony of Healing January 19, 1899 Issue

In 1892 I had an attack of la grippe which assumed several...

William Henry Snyder

In 1892 I had an attack of la grippe which assumed several phases, rheumatism, pneumonia, then blood poison. This, with an old trouble in my left leg contracted when a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, confined me to my bed for a long time under the care of our family physician. There was also a swelling under my right arm, and a breaking out over my body which was irritating and painful.

I think I never passed a year without sickness and a large doctor's bill from 1863 to 1892.

My doctor advised that I should go to a hospital in Buffalo, N. Y., have a through examination, and have the bunch under my right arm cut out. My greatest fear was that they would find it necessary to amputate my left leg. The arrangement was finally made to take me to Buffalo. A good friend, hearing of my intended trip to the hospital, called and obtained a promise from me that I would not let the surgeons operate. She then asked that I would call on a Christian Scientist, and said she would bring me the address of one before I started. My trip to Buffalo was made on Thursday under my doctor's care, and I submitted to an examination at the hospital. The physicians thought that the bunch under my arm could be taken out and in two months I might use the arm again, but they could give no decision regarding the leg.

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