Article August 6, 1910 Issue

In a late issue, commenting upon the death of a child...

Alfred Farlow

Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle

In a late issue, commenting upon the death of a child under Christian Science treatment, the coroner is quoted as having stated: "The boy was a victim of the unusual belief of his parents." It seems entirely proper to ask, Upon what does the coroner base this conclusion? He does not need to go outside the records of his own city to find that scores of children have died under medical treatment, and the records of the world show that over one hundred and forty thousand persons die every day, an overwhelming majority of whom are children and the most of them treated medically. According to the coroner's logic it would be proper to say that these one hundred and forty thousand persons are "victims" of medical "belief." So long as those who believe in medical practice are not able to make a better showing regarding the results of their own practice, they might well remember the old adage concerning glass houses.

If medicine were proved an absolute cure, or even an approximation thereto, there would be some justice in pleading that it shall have the sole guardianship of the public health; but from the Christian Science point of view Christian Science is the better remedy. I have witnessed the healing of a severe case of scarlet fever in three days' time. In the same neighborhood. a child who had been left with a stiff neck because of the effects of this same trouble, was healed. These were the only cases in the neighborhood. Christian Science apparently prevented any further spread of the disease.

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