Testimony of Healing February 28, 1925 Issue

In the fall of 1921 a very disagreeable affection of the...

Lucy S. Galbraith with contributions from William James Galbraith

In the fall of 1921 a very disagreeable affection of the mouth gave me a great deal of annoyance. I tried to handle the difficulty myself, but apparently it became worse so rapidly that I was obliged to call a Christian Science practitioner. For several days I could talk only with the greatest difficulty, and for about two weeks I was obliged to confine my diet to liquids. After about two weeks' treatment in Christian Science, a wisdom tooth began to trouble me, and, as I had known for some time that it should be extracted, I went to a dentist. He refused to draw the tooth, saying that he could not do so because I had a dreadul case of pyorrhea, and advised me to go to a specialist at once for treatment. I explained that I was having treatment in Christian Science, and he very pleasantly assured me that he did not mean to insist that I have medical treatment, as doctors only alleviate and do not claim to be able cure the disease. But he declined to draw the tooth until my mouth was in a healthy condition. This was on a Friday.

Immediatly afterwards I paid a visit to a practitioner and repeated to her what the dentist had said. On the following Monday practically every vestige of the disease had disappeared. On that day I returned to the dentist, and he drew my tooth without comment. I then asked him in what condition he found my mouth, and he admitted that it seemed perfectly healthy. He added that he had never seen a case that showed more pronounced symptoms of pyorrhea, but that it could not have been that disease because that could not be cured! To my recollection the disease manifested itself for over three weeks. There has never been the slightest return of the trouble since.

For over eight years Christian Science has been our all-sufficient aid in a family of five. Our two younger children have never been to a doctor, nor taken a drop of medicine. Many diseases have been overcome quickly and effectively through the understanding of God and of man's relation to Him, as revealed in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. In sickness it has proved an unfailing source of healing, and in every way it has been found a guide to harmony, in so far as we have put it into practice.

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