The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-18

neaTI stone, fonsikfis stfisloAaey
10 the CLEARINGHOUSE of sensuality,
ease. seif-love. self-justifieation,
there TO moulder and rot"
Leading medical authorities are
coming TO the conclusion that the
present great need-even dire ne
the treatment of dis
ease is a system or method other
than and superior to any 50 far
evolved by the mind Of man. These
have exhausted ma
terial methods with uncertain and
unsatisfactory results, and. IN
doubt, look to a new and better
therapy; but they know not where
or what. Many Of these doubling
Thomases are, to be sure, being
DETECTED into the byways of So
called human metaphysics. psy-
Geological medicine. new-thought,
unity. mental science, psychoanaly-
sis. hypnotism, theosophy, spirit
ualism, none Of which have any
part in or direct similarity to the
purely spiritual method OF Chris
tan Science. I take great satisfac-
ton in quoting on this point, the
late DR.. William Osler, my teacher
in medicine and my friend. Profess
sor of Medicine at the John Hop
kins Medical School; psysician-in-
chief at the Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland: subsequent
ly Regius Professor Of Medicine at
Oxford University, England. In
an article entitled The Faith that
Heals" in the British Medical
Journal, June is, 1910, he writes;
II feel our attitude as a profession
should not be hostile. A group of
active, earnest, capable young men
are at work on the problem. The
angel Of Bethesda is at the pool
it behooves us TO jump in" BY
way Of answer to the learned
Doctors admonition that we Jump
in" 1t may be said that Christian
Science has not only entered the
pool and stirred it, but has bap-
tized with water and with spirit
the great multitude waiting
for the moving of the water" and
is saying with the authority Of
spiritual understanding, Rise,
take up thy bed. and walk" Chris
tian Science is doing these wonder
full works through spiritual power,
the power of Mind, the power of
God.
Cases Of Healing Cited
I shall at this point present a
series of cases of disease healed
through Christian Science. These
have come directly under my
notice.
Case A. Congenital structure of
stomach in Notwithstanding
d g estive symptoms presented
in newborn shortly
after delivery with diagnosis of
pyloric stenosis of stomach made
by surgical staff of university hos
pital. Surgical procedure was urg-
ed. but radical stand for Christian
Science taken against the advice,
warning, and threats of physicians.
Complete healing resulted.
Case B. Chronic ear infection,
acute mastoiditis, abscess, deaf
ness-A young boy suffered with
discharge from ear following mea-
sles. This became complicated by
the sudden onset Of inflammatory
process with ahscess formation be-
hind infected ear. Two surgeons
urged emergency operation, giving
bad prognosis, as brain was
thought to be infected. The case
was handled chiefly through the
thought of mother. Disappearance
of signs and symptoms in five
days.
Case c. Instantaneous healing
organic valvular heart disease.-A
young man eked out a miserable
existence as an invalid with or
ganic heart disease, following null
tiple attacks of acute articular
rheumatism. He attended a free
lecture on Christian Science by a
member of the Board of Lecture
ship of The Mother Church anc
was greatly impressed. At next
subsequent attack he e Give &
Christian Science treatment, re.
sulting in instantaneous healing
The patient returned Immediately
to work and to a normal and
healthy life, with mountain climb
ing as an avocation.
Classification Of Disese-0rganiC
and Functional
BY way Of summarizing the
above cases il is TO be noted that
each is of the type OF so-callec
organic disease. so diagnosed by
supposedly competent medical men
I shall discuss briefly the classifi.
cation of disease with special ref.
erence TO the widely used termin'
ology organic and functional" a.
applied to disorders of the body
and mind, my purpose being L
show that while such a classified
ton may be of value to thos'
handling disease ON a matter basis
1t has no value TO the metaphysi
clan or Christian Scientist.
Any man-made classification o
disease is artificial and superficial
Only those Who look upon diseas'
as an entity, or essentially physi
cal. could find the classification
organic and functional of posi-
bic value, and this value would b
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