Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

smony, but which are omitted out O
consideration for the young especially
give the details of diagnosis and o
painful experiences as the result Q
operations and drug treatment whicl
distinctly emphasize the seriousness o.
the maladies endured.
Hence, in an investigation into the
merits of given cases, and into the eff.
| f1cacy of Christian Science treatment
| for all disorders, whether organic Or
functional, an examination Of the una
bridged testimonies would greatly en-
large and strengthen the evidence thai
upon the basis of expert diagnosis by
standing, Christian Science must be
credited with having proved efficient
| in healing cases of every variety OF i'll
whether organic or functional, with
which poor humanity is afflicted.
What DR.. Cabot means by careful
study" is not stated. DR.. Cabot does
not make clear whether or not he made
any investigation outside of mere
consideration of the wording Of the
| testimonies. Neither is 1t stated why
the doctor concluded" that the eleven
cases very difficult to class probably
belong to the functional group.
Evidently it was his desire to be
charitable to himself and give the ben
eft of the doubt to his own side of the
question. Otherwise he might have said
that these doubtful cases probably be-
long to the organic group, or he might
have added these eleven cases to the
fourth group, regarding the diagnosis
of which he declares mo reasonable
conjecture can be made"
Would Have an Equal Chance
Then the organic class would have an
equal chance with the functional group.
Not very long ago, one medical au-
thority went so far as to declare that
many organic diseases were nervous
disorders Such an authority adds still
more to the confusion, and we begin
to wonder ii, after all, our medical
brethren know any more about the
real nature and cause of the disease
than Christian Scientists.
While we make this statement we
are we'll aware of the ability of our
distinguished brethren to make phys
ical diagnosis of disease, and We are
not unmindful that in this respect they
possess an accomplishment to which
the Christian Scientist makes no pre-
lenses whatever except what he learns
by observation and experience and pos
slbly some reading on the subject.
But the real question is, after all,
what is the foundation of both func-
tional and organic disorders? If by
correcting the mental conditions of
patient both organic and functional
troubles are healed, we have the evil
dence that an erroneous mental con-
.dition was the foundation of the dis
ease, and we believe that ere long DR..
Cabot and all the host of medical men
will have arrived at this conclusion
and will note the fact that notwith-
standing all that is said and done re-
garding diagnosis the Christian Scien-
tist is accurate in his conclusions con-
corning the real nature of disease. In
any event probabilities are not suf-
ficient evidence to the contrary
Statement Carries Hope
The doctor declares Experience
shows that when a person has had
many doctors. many diagnoses, many
Diseases or many operations, he usu-
ally turns out to be suffering from
nervous prostration or some other
form of functional nervous trouble"
There are a great many persons In
this world who have had many doc
tors and many diagnoses, many dis
eases, IL not many operations, and 1t
is kind in DR.. Cabot to point out the
fact that there is hope for them In
Christian Science.
Our critic further declares: "a pa
tient suffering from organic disease |
rarely consults a Christian Scientist"
To be exact it should be said that thus |
far very few patients suffering with |
any sort of disorder call upon a Chris
tian Scientist until after they have |
exhausted their hope or their means
In experimenting with material RENEE
experiment with something that is new