Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-08-03
FA|THCURE KILLS A GIRL
Her Neither Dismissed Physician
and Relied Upon Prayer.
DOCTOR WAS REvlVlNG HER
In FIVE Minutes She Would Have Been Re.
stored 10 Consciousness After Temporary
Heart Failure. He SAYS.

Heart Failure, He Says.
Manchester, n III. July 81 This
CITY is greatly stirred over what many
believe TO be the death through crimI
nal neglect of Miss Hattie S. Muzzy,
most attractive young woman who
was employed as clerk III denart-
ment store.
While physician was administer
ing medical treatment, which he
claims. was restoring consciousness
and life. the young woman's mother
appeared and dismissed the physician.
The mother is Christian Scientist
and she substituted prayers for medi-
cine. The girl died almost immedi-
ately. Miss Muzzy, who had been
the most popular clerk in the store
for 10 years left her home this morn
ing in her usual health and attended
to her duties in the notions depart
ment as usual Later she complained
of feeling faint and was assisted to
the sewing room.
SUFFERED OF HEART FAILURE.
DIR. Sikorsky was called and was
working over her when the mother
came and substituted Christian
Science treatment for the method en-
ployed by the physician. The girl,
who had become unconscious, never
again opened her eyes.
DIR. Sikorskv makes the following
statement:
II found Miss Muzzy lying on n
table unconscious. She was evidently
suffering from heart failure. l could
feel no pulse. and her heart had sus-
pended action. There was hut one
thing to do and / proceeded to do it.
II injected strychinine, a small
fraction Of grain, hypodermically,
as heart stimulant. Then pro-
ceeded to give other treatment. The
girl gave signs OF returning anima-
ton and | believe, from experience,
that had my treatment been allowed
TO continue for five minutes the
young woman would have lived.
ORDERED FROM THE ROOM.
.sBut it was not so to be, Miss
Muzzy's mother appeared, and with
her another Christian Science VIC
man. She said II will take charge of
this ease, and she ordered me from
the room. She started to pray over
her daughter.
81 feel that it is an outrage. Had
/ been allowed to go ON Miss Muzzy
would not have died. =
Mrs. Emma O. Barlow mother of
the dead girl, made the following
statement.
81 think / did right in sending the
physician away. | did not call him. l
believe that the practice OF medicine
is unnecessary and wrong AS
Christian Scientist | believe in the
efficacy of its treatment.
MOTHER DEFENDS HER ACTION
1.-The first l knew of my daughter 8
illness was telephone message in
forming me of her illness and saving
that l was wanted | called Mrs.
Cloueh, a Scientist. We had no use
for the service of DR.. Sikrisky, and
told him he need do nothing more.
We gave our treatment, but 1t was
too late. / believe that had we been
called first that my daughter would
have lived
@. d. REYNOLDS first reader 81 the
local church OF Christ, Scientist, vas
present during the interview and add
ed
by way Of anticireting, criticism
has already been begun by the doctor,
who have lost say hat had we had
the first chance, we have equal rights
to say we would have saved Miss
Muzzy. We were not called until too
late. Had we been there first we be-
lieve 1t would have been different. We
have inst as many proofs as the ply
slcans have of such cases cured by
Scientist treatment.