Article August 12, 1905 Issue

Let us be Just

Alfred Farlow

Sandusky (O.) Register

Editor Register.

Dear Sir:— In commenting upon the recent Supreme Court decision regarding. the practice of Christian Science, you say, "If the child dies under Christian Science treatment, no fees being exacted by the healer, when it might have been saved by the ordinary practice of medicine, in such cases are not the parents guilty of murder?"

Your question is hypothetical, and we would suggest that still another question arises at this point: Since thousands die daily under the care of the most skilful physicians, a very large percentage of these victims being children; and, more-over, since according to recent investigation seventy percent of the cases considered incurable by the medical fraternity are cured when placed under Christian Science treatment as a last resort, why should we not assume that the child in your hypothetical case would have died sooner if left entirely to medicine and deprived of Christian Science?

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