Christian Science: As a Religious Belief and a Therapeutic Agent . apter IV Medical Explanations of Christian ScienceCures Considered in the Light ofTypical Cases . . -99 PREFACE T IS only fair to Christian Scienceand the author to say at the out-set that I am not a member ofthe Christian Science fellowship;but I am a lover of fair play and of all thingsthat make for a nobler and purer life and thetrue happiness of the people. Several years ago, I entertained much ofthe popular prejudice that is usually mani-fested toward new theories, discoveries andtruths which run counter to the popular and
Christian Science: As a Religious Belief and a Therapeutic Agent . apter IV Medical Explanations of Christian ScienceCures Considered in the Light ofTypical Cases . . -99 PREFACE T IS only fair to Christian Scienceand the author to say at the out-set that I am not a member ofthe Christian Science fellowship;but I am a lover of fair play and of all thingsthat make for a nobler and purer life and thetrue happiness of the people. Several years ago, I entertained much ofthe popular prejudice that is usually mani-fested toward new theories, discoveries andtruths which run counter to the popular andgenerally accepted concepts of society. ButI have always made it a rule of my life to tryand understand a subject before attemptingto criticise or to influence others either foror against it. I, therefore, made a personalstudy of the subject in order to be able todiscuss it intelligently. When I began my investigation, I sharedthe general opinion that all cures that ac-tually occurred were those of functionaltroubles; that in the presence of organic dis- vii. viii PREFACE ease Christian Science would necessarily result of my investigation was most sur-prising. At every turn I was confronted bycures of cases that had baffled medical treat-ment, a large proportion of which had beenpronounced by thoroughly intelligent physi-cians to be organic troubles. One case—thatof a lady whom I had known to have been aconfirmed invalid since my childhood, wastypical of the results being obtained on everyhand which could not be laughed out of courtas the result of imagination. Briefly, thefacts in this case are as follows: For more than thirty years this lady hadbeen under the care of leading physicians inprominent cities, including Evansville, In-diana, St. Louis, and Boston. The physi-cians had all treated her for the same troublewithout affording any permanent relief. Ifshe walked more than six or eight blocks shesuffered greatly and was compelled to liedown for a long time. She
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