Testimony of Healing May 4, 1946 Issue

As the result of an accident in...

Lalla E. Silverman

As the result of an accident in 1935, it became necessary for me to be hospitalized. A series of X-ray and fluoroscopic pictures disclosed the following: an unsuspected prenatal "hunchback" stomach located in the upper chest cavity; a double diaphragmatic hernia, and a short esophagus, all of these greatly aggravated by the accident. In a bedside examination the doctors also found something wrong with the left hip.

Upon completion of the examinations and consultations, my own doctor, upon my insistence, reluctantly told me what had been found, stating that my suffering would be beyond human endurance and would necessitate the increased use of drugs. At this point I told the doctor that I felt sure Christian Science would heal me. I had been healed in 1913 of a lung condition and of synovial tuberculosis after the doctors had stated that a leg amputation was imperative. To this the doctor replied, "Not this time; it's impossible; neither God nor man can do anything for you."

Three months later, at the request of the bus company whose bus had caused the accident, I entered another hospital for a checkup which showed that the condition had become worse. The history of the case, together with the findings, attracted great attention on the part of physicians, who questioned how I had lived and walked through the years since birth. The medical verdict alarmed me greatly.

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