Evening journal., 1908-01-18

be confined to my bed weeks and months
at time in private sanitariums. and
which also brought on most alarming at
tacks Of heart failure. 1 have been abso-
lutely cured of most violent attacks OF
nervous headache. have been absolute-
iy cured of catarrh of stomach. I have
been absolutely cured of internal troubles,
which simply faded away under Christian
Science treatment given for other all
ments have been cured Of alarming and
distressing attacks OF heart failure. I
have been cured OF general debility. I'm
der Christian Science treatment in two
years and half / became well and
happy."-AIrs. J. B. NJ, New York City
Il suffered from acute appendicitis be-
sides a hbroid tumor Of extraordinary
size, which developed during a period OF
two years prior 10 healing. / was attend
ed here in New York by several physi-
clans. besides many in Europe At this
juncture called Christian Science heal
er and within two weeks was cured
S. d. W., New York.
1t is interesting to compare the Chris
tian Science statistics with those given
by the report Of the State Department
Of Health for the same period. During
the year September /, 1905-'O6 one hundred
and twenty-nine thousand, eight hundred
and thirty-three people in New York died
under medical treatment, making a rate
of 17S per one thousand Of population.
The mortality rate among Christian Sci
ence patients is 3.S2 in the number Of
cases treated. Also it must be noted that
the Christian Science population as cited
Lnfa oil
every unit was a sick person, and II
must also be borne in mind that in the
case Of nearly every death the patient
was almost despaired of when the treat
ment Of Christian Science began. In view
Of this the comparison in favor Of Chris
tian Science treatment challenges atten-
tion.
Each statement gives the cost Of medi.
cal treatment incurred by the patient be.
fore Christian Science was resorted to
and also the cost Of the latter treatment.
The difference is very great in every case.
In seventeen cases OF rheumatism the
total cost of medical treatment reaches
the sum Of S3,0S5. Christian Science treat.
ment by which in each case a cure was
effected, cost S224 Medical treatment IN
sixteen cases of tuberculosis cost alto
gether AT00; Christian Science treatment
totalled 1894. In thrty-three cases of stom-
ach trouble medical treatment cost 50 O49f
Christian Science treatment for the thir.
ty-three patients cost S5O4 And in seven
cases of heart disease medical treatment
cost $500, while Christian Science cost
Si52 In many individual cases the total
cost Of Christian Science treatment was
only s., "A al s.rftf
eral hundred dollars for medical treat
ment. Where the sums Of three and ive
dollars are mentioned for Christian Sci.
ence treatment the cost represents the
amount paid for the Christian Science
textbook.
The statements also give in compaiR-
tive columns the time OF treatment passed
under medical science and under Chris
tian Science. Striking an average, in the
classification OF rheumatism just cited.
the patient under medical treatment for
over five years was cured in less than two
months by Christian Science; the tuber-
culosis sufferer failed under a four-year
medical treatment and was ostensibly
cured in four months by Christian Science
methods. The average period Of Christian
Science treatment is less than one month.
In many statements it is put down as
one day, or even as less than an hour
II will be noted that a large proportion
Of the cases cited in both OF the above
reports are patients for whom no hope
was extended by medical science The
mass OF the patients statements bears
out the same proportion; the majority are
''lost hope" cases, many Of which had
extended over many years. and in which,
from the symptoms cited and from the
numerous diagnoses by eminent physi-
clans. there could be scarcely any doubt
Of the nature and extent Of the disease.