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Recent experiences resulting from medical examinations...
Boston (Mass.) Times
Recent experiences resulting from medical examinations in our public schools call for a protest on the part of the liberty-loving people of Boston. In times of epidemics or threatening epidemics there might be some excuse for this sort of practice, but the infringement upon personal liberty which has been in vogue here recently is almost pernicious. Nothing has happened to call for such unsolicited attention as is being devoted to the school children in the vicinity, and the effect is anything but healthful. If this sort of practice is continued, the dread of the schoolboy and schoolgirl will be the visits of the school physicians. We see no reason why the innocence and tenderness of childhood should be demoralized by this sort of practice. It will be a wonder if all the children do not turn into adenoids. If they do not, it will not be the fault of the treatment to which they are subjected. We doubt if it is ever necessary that well folks should undergo physical examinations, and if it ever becomes necessary there is no reason why it should not be done in the homes of the children in the presence of their parents or guardians, and under the supervision of the dear old family physician who is kind enough and Christian enough to have already won the confidence of the children.
Any one who knows anything at all about human nature understands that disease is largely occasioned by fear, and that a knowledge of the horrors of disease and deformities peculiar to the child is the direct opposite to that which is conducive of health, and for that reason should not be permitted. There is no reason why children should not be taught to be clean in the extreme, there is no reason why they should not be taught good morals. We believe it should be early impressed upon the child mind that purity is the foundation of health, while filth both of mind and body breeds discord; but to go into a description of disease and to subject the child to practices which emphasize the unpleasantness and horrors of disease and create a fear of it, seems to us to be entirely wrong. Besides, this intrusion upon the schools, which are really intended for educational purposes, is also an offense against the community.
As we contemplate the evils which are resulting from the medical influence which is already being exercised in the community, we wonder what might be expected if we had a federal health department. It is high time that the people of this commonwealth were waking up to a realization of the situation.
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January 6, 1912 issue
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THE LIGHT THAT NEVER FAILS
ROBERT NALL.
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A PARABLE FROM JANUARY
ANNIE M. PAYNE.
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MAKING A PLACE FOR THE TRUTH
JOEL T. ACTON
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THE SIGN OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST
AMY RUTH WENZEL.
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SCRIPTURE IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
C. F. L. HOFFINGER.
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WORKING OUT ONE'S PROBLEM
CARL HORTON PIERCE.
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ENERGY
CLARE GERMAIN.
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THE LARK'S ESCAPE
BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.
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The statement made by the bishop of Chichester, in...
H. Farmer Hall
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When the highly educated and cultured young Pliny, a...
Charles D. Reynolds
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Christian Scientists assail no man's religious views
Ezra W. Palmer
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"LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
Archibald McLellan
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MISUNDERSTANDINGS HEALED
Annie M. Knott
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LOVE'S EXALTATION
John B. Willis
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from George W. Case, Bertha H. Clark, H. W. Nelson, B. O. Flower, E. S. Conway, William C. Kaufman
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In gratitude to God, also to our beloved Leader for the...
Louise Aarons with contributions from Maude Addison
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I am glad to bear witness to the healing power of Christian Science,...
William H. Martin
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I feel that I should be as the nine lepers if I failed to...
Ellen Rose Gibbon
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I wish to pass along to others something of the light,...
Mary H. Taylor
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I am very thankful to testify to what divine Love has...
Minnie Spence
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I wish to give thanks for the instantaneous healing which...
Hildegard Junge
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"NOT TO THE SWIFT."
WARWICK JAMES PRICE.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Franklin D. Elmer, Charles Stelzle