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
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material remedies I had and threw them away. That
material remedies I had and threw them away. That
was seven years ago, and I have not had any use for them
since. My husband was healed of the tobacco habit
of fifty years' standing, also of kidney trouble, by read-
ing Science and Health. I have not words to express
the gratitude I feel to-day for the many blessings that
have come to our home. – Mrs. M. K. O., Seattle,
Wash.
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A HELPFUL HEALING
A HELPFUL HEALING
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I became interested in Christian Science about eleven
I became interested in Christian Science about eleven
years ago, and was healed of neuralgia of the stomach,
from which I had suffered from a child. As I grew older,
the spells became more frequent and more severe; the
only relief physicians could give me was by hypodermic
injections of morphine. Finally, after each spell, I would
be prostrated for a day or two with the after-effect of the
morphine. I was entirely healed of this trouble through
the study of Science and Health. I think I never realized
what fear meant until I began to try and put into practice
my understanding of Christian Science for my children.
I have proved, however, many times, that fear can
neither help nor hinder in our demonstration of truth.
The first time I realized this was in the overcoming of
a severe case of croup for my little boy. I was
awakened one night by the sound that seems to bring
terror to every mother's heart, and found the little
fellow sitting up in bed, gasping for breath. I got up,
took him in my arms, and went into the next room.
My first thought was, "O if only there was another
Christian Scientist in town!" But there was not, and
the work must be done and done quickly. I tried