Article September 21, 1899 Issue

Christian Science Victory

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The Christian Scientists, faith curists, and people generally who choose to receive attendance in their own way or go without it when sick, have secured a distinct victory in the liberal state of Illinois, where it is held by the attorney-general that mental methods of treating diseases are not in violation of the law. A number of cases were submitted to the chief law officer of the state, and he goes so far as to declare that not only is the attendance of the Christian Scientist at the bedside of the patient not a violation of law, but that in event of death no accusation of crime can be brought. The attorney-general in his opinion points out the difference between a mistake of judgment and a crime, and holds that the medical laws of the state do not prohibit resort to prayers or spiritual means instead of drugs, if persons, or even the parents of children, so prefer.

News, Providence, R. I.

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