The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-27
CHRISTIAN scIENcEAND coNTAcloN
Practitioners Assert as Disease Does Not
Exist 1t Cannot Be Communicated.

Practitioners Assert as Disease Does Not |
Exist 1t Cannot Be Communicated
Realtors of professional experiences
the last two weeks at the Wednesday !
evening meetings of Christian Scent
lists in their churches have told of sew
eral cases where, according to non
believers in Christian Science, there
was contagious disease. While this has
been the more frequent experience"
recited in these meetings, it was not
said by any of the speakers that more
of such cases than common had come
up during the last fortnight, but only
that by the publicity given to the Mrs
True case, or rather the case of her
child, the subject of contagion had be-
come of unusual Importance.
A child of Mrs True of West Adams
street had. in the opinion of those who
are not Christian Scientists, con-
tagious se-diphtheria-but in the
opinion of the Christian Scientists the
child had nothing of the kind, could
not have, as in their belief there is TO
such disease except in the imagination
or in the sense of fear. But the child
| died and other children in the family
were sent to school the same as usual.
| Whereat there was alarm and indigna-
| ton on the part of pupils, teachers and
| parents who were not Christian SCENT
| lists.
Naturally, the Christian Scientists
! deplore the incident, and as naturally
| they are anxious to furnish an expla-
nation for it. 1t was alluded to at
| small gathering of Scientists in the
Central reading room yesterday, and
| one member said that she lived in the
same street and block with Mrs. True
and could state positively that Mrs.
| True is not a Christian Scientist. but
Il \,
according to this authority, studied
under DIR. Mills of the west side, who
long since repudiated some of the vital
| doctrines of the true Scientists. He
| resorted again to the pharmacopoeia
and employed drugs at discretion. He,
this authority thinks, carried the Trues
| with him away from the true faith.
If this be a correct version, then of
course the Christian Scientists are not
| chargeable directly with the loss of
the child. But another of the persons
who were present at this gathering in
the Central reading room of the Scent
lists said that she knew the Trues were
once Scientists and she had never
heard if their going back from the
faith. And this person frankly admit
ted that in a Christian Science family
there might occur disease that would
pass for diphtheria owing to want OF
faith or skill in the one giving the
treatment, DuI duuEu dL oiiIS. " iaSt =
faith is perfect and skill is fiawless
there is and can be no diphtheria.
There Is no contagion. No possible
danger can arise from so-called diph-
liberia case
A Scientist who was present at last
Wednesday evenings meeting in the
First Church of Christ, Scientists, re-
ports healer as saying: 1 I'VE IN an
apartment building on Washington ave-
me There are 10 families besides my
own in the building and in every lam
ily there are children. In one family
was thought to be a case OF measles
and a dozen children We're exposed 10
it. There was a panic for a few hours
and until gave the sick child treat
ment and had given all the children an
incidental treatment. Then 1t was al
most Immediately seen that there We're
no measles in the case, the child was
we'll in a few hours and 10 other chile
was made i'll.
Another at that same meeting Is re-
ported to have said: Last winter
was called to treat a case of scarlet
fever. The mind of the patient had re-
ceiVed the notion from anxious mother
and sister that she had scarlet feVel
and she showed all the symptoms at
t tributed to that so-calied disease.
treated the patient specially and at tht
: same time gave immunity by inclden
; tai treatments to the sisters and in les
than two days the patient was up ant