Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-04
lfARRfST DOCTORS
WHEN PATIENTS DIE
= 1,7I5 DlPTHERIA DE&THS IN CITY
IN 1elO-ENDER-~ SC1EHCE1
ONE IN 13-IEARS.
y VITAL
STATISTICS
Protests Against "Ad.ocates ..0f tho
DHegfne System" Attempting to
Dictate.
New York, Jan. 3.-When the World

A,o" Aoih N, Jan. 5.--Wnen The World
published two weeks ago a list o.
thirty-two children who had died OF
d1phtheria. and other diseases during
the last thirteen years while being
treated by Christian Science practi-
toners, it moXed Virgil O. Slricklar
the first reader of the First Church
OF Chr st, Scientist, : Ninety sixth
street and Central.Park West, to CON-
pile a few statistics from the vital
records of. the city to .set against tnt.
list. This is his response as he made
It when lecturing to the SiNth. chTuil
of Christ, Scientist. in Lexington
Hall, No. 1853 East F.fty-eigtil stree
Tuesday night.
MANY people do not understand
why Christian Scientists have IN 70
faith in Christian Science treatment
than they have i'll drugs. The reason
is very plain said Mr.. Stricklef,
~"They get better results under Chris
tian Science than they formerly OBJ
tanned under the druggfng sysecn,.
e'The World published OH Sundas
the names of thirty-two children who.
it is claimed, had died under Chris
fian Science treatment i'll the Unit q
States during the past thirteen years.
child, dies under Christian Science
treatment tie fact is published under
glazing headlines in the papers. ana
as a rule somebody is arrested Il
Is safe, therefor. to assume hat
the list published G ntained the
names of all the children who hava
died under Christian Science treat
ment during the last thirt en- years.
"In tie published list Of names
40 are said to have died from dip
iberia, 5 from pneumonia and bron-
chial pneumonia, from scarlet fever
and the remainder from variety
Of causes.
What New York Records Show.
II hold in my hand an official re-
port of the Department of Health OF
the city of New York for the year
1910, which shows that during the
last year there were LIS deaths
from diphtheria, nearly all children
under Is under the care Of doctors
In this city alone, as against 10 deaths
from the same cause under Christian
Science practice in the entire United
States IA thirteen years. OF these ten
cases. only one was IN New York
City.
1.-THE official report elso shows that
There were $50 deaths in the city last
,yeas from scarlet fever under medical
! treatment, nearly all Of which were
children, as against IN ne entire
United States In thirteen years under
Christian Science treatment, and not
one Of those was in this city.
1.-THE results in pneumonia and
bronchial pneumonia are even more
startling. The official report shows
I that 10,519 people died in the city o.
New York alone last year fr5m these
diseases under medical treatment
more than so per cent, Of whom were
children under fifteen years of age,
as against per cent. in the entire
United States under Christian Science
treatment in thirteen years.
The report of the Board OF Health
also shows that Pill children unde-
the age of fifteen years died from all
causes under medical treatment In
the city OF New York last year, as
against 80 who are shown by the pub
lished list to have died Under Chris
tian Science treatment In the United
States in thirteen years.
Why Not Arrest Doetorsi
THESE facts show why Christian
Science parents have more faith IN
Christian Science than in drugs for
themselves and their families. II any
= school Of medicine could guarantee
cures It would not be necessary to
arrest people IN order to compel then,
TO employ doctors Of that sch2ol.
"Why do the newspapers call at
= tention in a spectacular way to the
death Of one child in New York Cit,
In thirteen years under Christian
Science treatment from diphtherta
when more than 1900 children under
the age OF fifteen years died last year
in the city from the same disease
under medical treatment without tn.
newspapers saying a single wore
about the failure of the doctors?
Really in all fairness, why shout,
not the doctors be arrested for allow
ing these 1000 children 70 die iron
diphetheria under their treatment, tn,
same as Christi ion ea-A--
titioner is arrested ..z-.s. .-,--
dies from the SAM