Article August 24, 1899 Issue

Bad Statistics

PHYSICIANS and some of the officials of greater New York are industriously gathering statistics of Christian Science "casualties," including cases of insanity, suicides, etc. The entire list, foreign and American, according to a recent number of the New York World, from and during, 1896, is forty-two. Some of those mentioned were not in charge of Christian Scientists at all. Some of the cases of insanity were as far removed from Christian Science as possible; and some of the cases alleged to have been in the hands of Christian Scientists at the time of death, in fact, were in charge of physicians.

During this time many thousands of persons—some of them abject invalids given over to die by physicians—have been treated and healed through Christian Science.

Suppose our statisticians turn their attention to the list of "casualties" among physicians, for a similar period of time, comparing relative numbers!

Christian Scientists would welcome such a comparative table and rejoice in its showing.

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