Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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withstanding almost all known drugs were prescribed,
withstanding almost all known drugs were prescribed,
and further I had tried very many patent medicines. I
was also put through forms of hygienic treatment and
other things that offered inducements. At the time of
coming into Science I was taking three times daily forty
minims of cod-liver oil and three of creosote, also three
drops of Fowler's solution of arsenic, and on the month
or so previous had bought eighteen dollars' worth of
patent medicine. I was restricted to the simplest means
of diet, – all stews, fries, sweets, berries, and tomatoes I
had not touched for two years.
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I started to read Science and Health, and before I had
I started to read Science and Health, and before I had
half finished the book once I was eating everything that
any one does. I read the book eleven times straight
ahead and many times skipping about. The book
has done the work and I am a well man. – C. E. M.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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MANY ILLS OVERCOME
MANY ILLS OVERCOME
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I have received much help, spiritually and physically,
I have received much help, spiritually and physically,
through Christian Science. I had what the doctors
diagnosed as muscular rheumatism, dropsy, and con-
stipation of thirty years' standing. A dear friend whom
I had known as an invalid had been healed by Christian
Science and advised me to read Science and Health. I
did so, having a desire to know the truth. One of my
troubles was that I could not sleep. I began reading the
Bible and the Christian Science textbook, and troubles
of every kind disappeared before I had read Science and
Health through. The thought came, What about the
old remedies? but truth prevailed, and I took all the