In April, 1903, I had the nerve of one of my front teeth...

J. E. C.

In April, 1903, I had the nerve of one of my front teeth devitalized and taken out without pain, and the outer cavity filled with gold.

The filling seemed perfectly satisfactory until two days after it was completed, when the tooth suddenly began to ache. As it did not respond in the least to my treatment, I went to the dentist and asked him to examine it. He found that in hammering the gold in, the inner filling had been pushed too far up into the apex of the tooth and that the filling would need to be taken out.

The parts were considerably inflamed and the dentist said that it would be impossible to refill it for a week at least.

This was Thursday night; I was to leave town for the mountains at eight o'clock on the following Saturday morning and would not have another opportunity to have the work done for two months. I explained the situation to him and he said he was sorry but could do no better than put in some temporary substance on Saturday morning. To this I replied that I had planned to go away and felt that I must have the work done, and he finally said that he would fill it, provided I could stand it to have the tooth touched. That evening and the next morning I tried earnestly to make the demonstration, but the tooth seemed quite sensitive still when I set out to the dentist's office. On the way I asked a Scientist for help, but it was not until I was seated in the chair that the sense of pain was destroyed. The cavity was large and I was in the chair seven hours with a rubber dam and clamp on the tooth nearly all the time. When it was finished the dentist said, "You have been one of the best patients I ever had; Christian Science is very effective; I wish all my patients would have that kind of treatment."

Several times before this, I had had very trying experiences and so I feel very thankful for this demonstration. I wish to express my gratitude to Mrs. Eddy for her unselfish love toward all mankind.—J. E. C., Gresham, Col.

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