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Legality of Christian Science
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The question of the legality of Christian Science practice has recently been made the subject of judicial decision in Illinois. The Medical Record calls the decision "one of the curiosities in jurisprudence."
The case was one of typhoid fever which ended fatally. The medical fraternity charged that death was due to neglect, although the patient had been treated by the methods employed by Christian Scientists. The attorneygeneral held that the laws of Illinois do not prohibit the treatment of disease by mental and spiritual means. The text of his decision is quoted as follows:—

November 2, 1899 issue
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Items of Interest
with contributions from George Dewey
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Archaeology Upsets Higher Criticism
A. H. Sayce
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Thanksgiving Proclamation
William McKinley
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A Woman among Women
Carol Norton
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The Lectures
with contributions from Martin Luther, Clarence Burleigh, W. Horace Rose
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Notices
with contributions from W. R. S., J. Page Hopps
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To you who are perplexed and of doubtful mind, then,...
J. Page Hopps
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Is there an Easier Way?
Editor
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Ingratitude
Editor
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Application of Christian Science to Dentistry
BY CHARLES L. VAN FOSSEN, D.D.S.
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Christian Science Heals and Satisfies
BY S. GERTRUDE PALEN.
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Christian Science is Practical Common Sense
BY J. W. RUSSELL.
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Man's Extremity is God's Opportunity
BY SIGEL C. REED.
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Rondeau
BY EUGENIE L. FRASHER.
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Led into the Truth
BY EMMA B. DUNBAR.
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From the Religious Press
with contributions from George Crum