Article November 2, 1899 ISSUE

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:—

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