The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-10
FAITH HEALED HIM,
PROF. PECK BELIEVES
Former Columbia Teacher Says
Health Came After
Hcaler's Visit.
PEACE WITH DR.. BUTLER
Trouble With Miss Quinn Ends
TOO-Brpach Of Promise
Suit Dropped.

pr Harry Thurston Peck. formerly
Anthon professor OF Latin at Columbia,
has come back
Given up as dying by physicians last
spring. pictured by one OF them as suf-
fering from paresis and reported gen
orally as seriously impaired in mind he
is now working until and o'clock of
mornings in his study AZ Riverside, Conn,
as cditor-in-chief OF the revised edition
OF the International Encyclopedia. Of
which he was one OF the original editors
Between times he is assisting in edit
ing the Bookman. is preparing material
for two or three new books. and is rid
ing from ten to twenty miles day on
horseback about Greenwich and Cos cob.
BY the way. | have made my peace
with the peopl, at Columbia and recent!
received a letter from President: Butler
whose biography AM writing for the In
ternational Encyclopedia. wrote to Or
Butler telling him I would rather like to
take few dics at him in work of ref
ercnce Ike the International, but'--and
Or. Peck laughcr-"I haven't done ST
Or. Peck received "a S,'S reporter ycster-
day afternoon and talked freely for b
long time on many subjects in which he
was interested. He said laughingly that
he was glad to show the padded cell''
in which he said he understood he was
confined
shows Uts "Padded Cell"
You will find it literally padded. he
said, rs he led the way up the stairs.
but with pictures and books
Or. Peck is comfortably situated at
Riverside. having good part OF the sec
oni floor IN tho home Of friends With n
sleeping porch Of his own. and u study
I the padded cell'--iined with bookcases
and adorned with pictures. in addition
to his sleeping chamber.
In conspicuous place on the wal
= Of the sleeping porch is framed two
column obituary Of himself taken from
magazine proofs, which begins, "pr
Harry Thurston Peck, VINO died on Ma,
! - tdate left blankl. was" and so forth
The obituary was entirely compllmentar!
to the ex-professors mental achieve
menis and he cherishes il as an unusua
/ possession for living and fairly healthy
/ man.
I DR.. Peck moved into his present hons
! in July from the home of his divorced
wife. Mrs Cornclia Dawborn Peck. a.
| Sound Beach. only mile or 50 away
! This former wife had taken him from Z
/ hospital in Ithaca. where he was SC
seriously Ill. on May ), TO her home 81
he might complete his recovery.
AS DR.. Peck put it yesterday. the Ithaca
physicians we're not ready to discharg,
! him from the hospital 80 ne was "benevo
/ lently kidnapped" He has continued t,
! improv. steadily ever since. until now In
! IL within six pounds OF his normal weigh
OF l75 pounds. looks fine and ht II
| spite OF a broken arm. which Is almos
but not quite well again said he thought
he could hght successfully most men o.
| his age and weight. He looked as though
I he could. His left arm was broken three
weeks ago when his horse slipped under
(, him ON Wet road and pr, Feck wa
! thrown.
! Dr. Peek Tells Of Gore.
Christian Science has figured prom
nently in pr. Peck's recovery. Concern
ing this he merely tells the facts and let!
them tell the story.
~ had the best possible medical treat
ment in the Ithaca Hospital" he said
| THE physicians were excellent and tn
nurse. who accompanied me to Sount
| Beach and remained for month Il
care for me- cannot be praised too mucl
for her thoughtful attention. But tn
| physicians said | could not live. on
of my friends took one OF the physician
aside and asked him in confidence jus
what my condition was
"The physician told hiN, | probabl!
would die that night and advised him t
remain at the hospital II he cared to b.
at my bedside when I passed away"
DIR. Peck did not say that it was his firs
wife who first brought Christian Sclenc
into the case, but It has been general
known among his friends that Mrs Pee
was bringing all tine agencies OF her ow.
faith to bear In her desire to effect the re
covery OF her former husband. Or. Pscl
continued,
"A Christian Science practitioner, Mer
win NJ. Turner Of Oxford. y. v, cam
in that day. was unconscious al tn
time, He spent some time with me an
started away. saying The case is won
MY friends urged him not to go ava!
since ! was still unconscious He SAT
there was no use of staying longer an
repeated that the case was won, / re
covered consciousness some hours late
and began to improve. | do think tina
physicians cannot always estimate cor
recty the recuperative powers OF a pa
tient. and thus may prophesy his i'm
mediate death when he really is stron
enough to fight himself to health again.
Maybe Christian Science cured me
maybe the practitioner came in at IN
psychological moment when | would hav
begun to improve without his aid,
Here IL another instance OF which
will tell the facts and let you draw you
own conclusions: After came to Soun
Beach a dentist hlled tooth for mi
He flled it In tight over an absces'
which OF course he ought not to hav
done. The tooth began to pain me tina
night, ! suggested having the DENTS
or a physician called Mrs. Peck, m
former wife. urged that j. II. Cook h
telephoned for to give me absent treat
ment.
~ ridiculed the idea OF absent trea
mcnt for an abscesscd tooth, 1t Wa
pointed out to me. however, that It woul
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