Testimony of Healing May 19, 1917 Issue

In May, 1914, our little boy, then three years old, was...

C. E. Dunn

In May, 1914, our little boy, then three years old, was quite suddenly taken ill with what seemed a very serious ailment. We called a physician who had been recommended to us as successful in children's diseases, and he treated the child for about a week; but the little fellow was steadily getting worse. When the doctor called the last time, the child was unconscious and had a high fever. His right side was apparently paralyzed, the head and face were in an alarming condition, and the bowels had not moved for over three days.

The doctor made it plain that he could do nothing to help the boy, so I immediately called a Christian Science practitioner, of whom I had heard some time previously. After the first treatment the bowels moved and the boy immediately began to improve. The next day the practitioner, after treating the child, gave him a package of milk chocolates, much to the astonishment of my wife and myself, as the doctor had instructed us several days previously that if the child improved he should have nothing to eat for several weeks except weak broth, gruel, and the like.

The case had been pronounced infantile paralysis, but when the health officer called to make his examination, about ten days after the practitioner's first visit, the boy was so much better the officer said that, although it had been one of the most serious cases he had come in contact with, the danger was past and there was no need to quarantine us. At that time the child had not recovered the use of his right arm or leg, and the doctor said we should train him to use his left hand and arm for everything, as he would never be able to move a finger on the right hand and the whole limb would shrink and never grow with the rest of the body. The boy is now healthy and strong, however, and not only can use his right hand and arm the same as other children do, but can run and play like them also.

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