Show I TO THE TI BOSTON POST I II 1 DEfENDS SCIENCE a aTo fo To the Editor Post I- I lu SIr SIr-lU In Dr Richard O. O Cabot's bots dis- dis on CU Christian Science and its which appeared ard i ir in McClures McClure's I urE rt and which was re lc reviewed in I a j. j of Issue ssu of If August 2 i. i he lie declares de i ifor aur it If it Jt is IS s true as liS stated on page pigo pageo fa For w o of Sc Science f and Health that is not Dol a condition of matter mutter but hut butt the material senses t nor can call t I this thiR sub sub- reliable testimony on of course the tho material senses senses' eS' eS I ct be trust trusted ell when they testify cancer cac cOD consumption broken bones tat hit r I l ataxia have havo been cured by Science C In reply to th this statement we would y r t that the evidence C ot Ct of the tilo material y r t that the evidence C ot Ct of the tilo material in ill respect to disease yields un- un ases ai J Christian Science tr to a ai i tr er r bettor more spiritual sense of ta consequently th the rah patient nt dos does not fed eed id to J ak lIk the tho material senses to t ti to or confirm oD rm the fact of the healing r yta Christian Science it- it Further Furth r plants f unreservedly upon tho the hinl bing ine that n all that God made macic wagen was wag en rv c and that there thoro was nothing ude e that thai he did not make It denies deniese r. r actuality of f that which E seems ems to exit ex cx- ht it e and yet 5 3 no part of the divine eon Y- Y Nevertheless Nc it reco recognizes of material sense and aud She 6 ph phenomena 1st SiD CiD in s and ani death h are arc quito quite as 11 asas ther material manifesta- manifesta t 1121 as any tn host Existence of Evils Christian Scientists fits recognize nize that leEe kue evils and discords exi exist l in erring ortal l experience the tho dream of mortal l ife ifs and call them by hy th tM same ERnIe names namest hit t others u I use c e and they the recognize t that at ate hse e evils must bo ho grappled rapped with and by bv Truth Even Enn a ghost host must e explained ed away It cannot be he overby over over- one ome by br merely i ignoring norin it inz the fact that the properly in in- person peron knows knon-B that a ghost host is is a are asere sere re apparition a seeming not a reali reali- r v fir and nil nU the time tim Dr br Cabot declares that he has hns c cases CS of oC Christian Science ires ims recorded d in In the recent volumes of kt n Science J Journal and ht bat putting to together hr this s evidence ud Jd i comparing it with with his own ex- ex regarding tho accuracy of his statements about it their I n go patients patients' nt n Jn diseases es hi his hiN conclusions are ares int Nt that most Christian Science cures ire ie probably genuine but bitt second that ey r arc not the thc cures of organic dis- dis lit ts- ts Incidentally he declares II functional ses are ITe no o more imaginary than an m o temper r or a halk hor horse e is isal al They aro ar often the source sail and long lont continued suffering deed I believe that th there re is no io o clasI clat clas s sf f I dica diseases t that g gives rise riso to Sf so much een n suffering Thus rhuis the doctor pays pan to Christian c b by gener- gener that it heals teal f Vl jy I conceding t Ufa Eu s g nail destroys an immense stunt mount of suffering So bo o far so good r ry Case Cac a Fit Pit Subject the doctor dotor declares The Tho Thet t of this distinction between ll and functional troubles is somo some hat haL anti and or organic anic disease is t times Dlf S produced 11 by liv fu functional lis- lis lie ws and and such or organic disease is of- of I tn n cured by bv Christian Science 1 In Dr Alfred T r Schofield a medical au- au in In his well weB l known work ork cati- cati k W The Force lorce of Mind un f says pays f There can an be he no lIi disease w that th- th lot it urno tome derangement oi oft 01 function rhile be also 1 declares in iii agreement w with h Dr r. r abot functional disease may mav afI af- af I r rail all he bo at the tho bottom Thus 4 Q 5 tOt toe mouth month or Ot pen of two wit wit- I lf fl it is established that every lie f is a fit t for Christian Chi se ate t treatment since according to the tIC of these reputable witnesses tf p person with organic trouble is iso Ito o afflicted functionally and every ery lI trouble is a fit lit subject for ri t an Science treatment Without out first nt experimenting with nith n han Science treatment it would I e s i be 11 to determine wh whether or not n R given en or organic anic disease diseaseS I hiis S bell been by liv functional U des anti 1111 i iH therefore according to Dr Cabot cabot's s 's s th theory on I amenable to 0 o Christian Christjan Therefore on Or Dr sOT alot a f. f authority alone wo have o cst b. 7 the lie nr of At nt least m with Christian Sl Science Dr abet has s s stated ted his hia belief that functional disorders can au ho bo cured l by t Christian Science treatment nt Dr a as before befort- stated has haR that ail all organic cli ea produces functional This io is equivalent ui to saying that every Or irk ick person is in afflicted cl with functional onni disease Now No it i is i. i not pot si 10 to IO r rOH i a an anui cure k ui uro n a o 1 ii ii l n 1 i ih t I V. V h A. A i t i 10 to IO r rOH i a an anui cure k ui uro n a o 1 ii ii l n 1 i ih t I V. V h A. A i t i r sease e w out going go- go g ing to the bottom of it and eradicating ra its foundation Christian Science Cures All AU Every r-ery ease caso of functional disease discard having haying hay hav in ing an or organic foun foundation can only be he Ctr cured d bv by by destroying its or organic tion therefore fore on the testimony of those these two distinguished H thin the tact fact is established tl H Uv Christian i cures elites all kinds o Oi 01 forit for forit I it is is s evident that a functional disorder winch which ori originates s in a defective organ cannot be cured curci the ol organic anic disease dis dis- ease case so is first destroyed for tho the functional function function- al dif disorder r bein being an an effect must of Ulc necessity necessity ne Ul ne- ne c reappear so lou loii long as its cause is 1 not d destroyed Since as Dr Cabot d declares s tho the sharpness of distinction between organic organic or or- ganic anic and functional troubles is somewhat some some- what blurred it it- follows that it is not ca easy to distinguish between an or organic allic anti and a functional di disease ase nor would il ii bo be easy to distinguish b between an organic organic or or- ganic anic d disease which is produced by bv functional troubles and aud ono one which ch j's js is s snot not occasioned by Lr functional troubles I and to bo lt on the safe side sido every indi individual II vidual afflicted with organic organic organic-or oi- oi I Honal troubles should avail ail hims himself f of Christian Science treatment lest ho Ito should be neglecting a a. means of oC cry ery The doctor declares that he has hu grouped d tho the ono one hundred cases ases which ho has as analyzed in four classes s First two seventy in iu which ho lie finds on on I careful stud study reasonably good evidence o for the dia diagnosis no is of functional or nervous ncr ncr- ous di disorder S Second cond 10 seven n eases cases of what appears to he be organic disease f Third eleven O cases vor very difficult to class but probably belonging in II the Ho functional group Fourth Fourths ten teu cases regarding re re- rc- rc garding the diagnosis of which no rca rca- blo conjecture 11 rc can cau be bc made Testimonies Verified May ra- ra raI I T state parenthetically calI it rt this point that tho the testimonies published ll in inthe tho the Christian periodicals havo have all been carefully verified lint hut that to avoid oid nourishing and enlarging ular ll the th thou thought ht of disease its elaborate tion is iR eliminated from front them rhe These c descriptions Je- Je de le- which are usually given by 11 those who Q send scud in jn their the l' l testimony but which are arc omitted out alit of consideration for the young voting roun especially give ic th th-j th de ue- details details de- de tails of diagnosis and amI of painful experiences as the result of operations and drug treatment which d distinctly emphasize size sio izo tho the serIousness seriousness of the tho maln maladies en en- dured hence in an in investigation into the merits of given i cases and into tho thio efficacy ef ci efficacy fleacy of Christian Science treatment for all disorders whether organic or functional an examination of tho the Unabridged unabridged un Un- abridged ed testimonies would greatly enlarge enlarge en en- large and strengthen tho tito evidence c that upon upon tho the basis Lasis of expert diagnosis by physicians of time the most unquestioned standing Christian hristian Science must be bo credited with wilh in having proved efficient in healin healing cases caes of oC every cry variety of ill III Il whether organic or functional with which poor pOOl humanity b is afflicted What Dr Cabot ahot means bv by careful study is not stated Dr Cabot does dos not make clear lear whether or not ho lie made any any ahl investigation outside of a mere co consideration pf of the voiding of the thC t tea tes B Neither is 18 it Jt stated why the doctor concluded that the cloven etl I f cases r very difficult to elas probably I belong to t. t the functional 1 group J Evidently it WIH u his d desire to be charitable to himself and wd give ic the timo benefit hen ben en tit cut of oC the thC doubt to his hift own side of or orI i th time the question Otherwise e he ought might ht have I saul said that theM doubtful cases probably I h belong to thu or organic mic group or he lie hei i might aught h t have added t these eleven cloven ca cases cs to toj j i time the fourth group J m tho diagnosis Hat I of winch h he lie declares no ho rC reason reasonable onaLle on able aLle conjecture cau cab be hl made Would Have an Equal Chance Chalice Then Uio tho or organic anic class dasi would woul have havn ha an nn equal dill nCe wit with Ii 1 t the h lie functional group N Not ot t very 1011 long ago I O one medical authority author author- ity it- went so far as tK to declare that many or organic diseases were aro nervous ous disorders I Such an authority adds still moie to tin I confusion and amid wo we lH begin to wonder if if after all our brethren know I J auy u more about the real cal nature and amid cause c of the license disease than Christian set set- I I While hil we make this thi statement t we nr are I well aware of thin the th ability of our distinguished dis clis I I I to make a ph physical diagnosis a no is of ot disease and We wo are aie not unmindful un Un- mindful that in itt this respect they pO possess poss an tu accomplishment to 10 which th the Christian Chris hris tian tinn Scientist makes no pr pretenses whatever whatever what what- C ever r except what ho Ito learns larns h h. h by observation observation tion hon and amid experience experience- and possibly some fOme reading on the subject But Dut th the real ical question is is after titer nil all what is is th the foundation of If both hoth functional fune i iI tonal and organic di disorders I If by correcting cor cor- or reeling the mental conditions of a patient pa pa- patient I tient both organic and functional I troubles are aro h healed wo wOo have e the thc evidence evi o ovi- ovi dence that an erroneous mental condition condition condi condi- tion ion was wa watho tho the foundation of th the disease and wo we believe e that etc ere long lone Dr Cabot and all the host of medical 1 men will have havo arrived e at this conclusion and will noto note th the fact that notwithstanding all that is said sail an and done clone regarding diagnosis ding ding- nosh the Christian Scientist is accurate l in his conclusions concerning the tho l' l real nl nature of disease In any event ent probabilities probabilities pro abilities abilities' arc not sufficient evidence e to tho contrary Statement Carries Hope The clo doctor tor declares Experience shows f that when a person has bas had many doctors doctor many ninny diagnosis many manY diseases diseases dis dis- lisas lis- lis eases as s or many operations he lie usually turns out to be fuI suffering rin from front nervous prostration or some sonic other form of functional functional nervous ous trouble There Thero are a great many persons in in this world who have hay had hall many doctors and many diagnoses noses many diseases if not many op opera opera- ra- ra hone tione and it is kind in Dr Cabot ahot to point out the tho fact that there thoro is is hope for I Ith th them m in in Christian Science Our critic further declares A patient patient pa pa- tient suffering Buttering n from front or organic anic disease disenso rarely consults a Christ Christian iau Scientist To fo be ho exact it should be hI sail said that thus far very ery low few patients suffering with an any sort ort of disorder r call aU upon a Christian Scientist until after they have hn exhausted ex cx- hausted their hope or their th r means means in experimenting ox ex with material remedies HS It H Itis js is S natural that one should not experiment expert expert- ment with something that that- thatis is new tv anti and untried so eo Ion long as the ol old ways Trays promise results Those who ho apply to Christian Science aro as a rule rillE those who have C failed to recover reCO through h medicine and if jf it be he betrue true trite t that hat from a medical point of view organic diseases arc more difficult to heal hoal it is likely that more eases cases af afflicted wit with Ii h organic troubles apply appl to Christian Christinn SC Science In my own practice extending through h u u. period of twenty years I J have seldom had hart a patient who was not Hot afflicted af af- af with both hoth or organic anic an and functional disorders nail and my success s has been moro more uniform with organic troubles than with those which have o been called nervous ou a disorders Privileged to Explain In conclusion our l critic declares C Be Believing I Believing Dc lieving l in c then as I 1 do clo tb that most Christian Chris Chris- tian tiun Science cures arc are genuine genuine cures of functional disease the disease the ques leS' tiou tion arises whether tho the sp ci l methods of mental healing employed eol by Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian Scientists differ from other l' methods methods methods meth meth- that thatis that thatis of mental is bv by producing in itt the patient a stron strong belief that he will get et wc well Then lie Ill proceeds further to describe his belief about a S Science ienco treatment Whatever may mar be hc said concerning the Christian Scientists Scientist t s 's ability to disease I believe e Dr Cat Cabot lOt will concede concede con cou- cede to him at least ono one lH privilege nameh name name- Iv lv the privilege Hee of statin stating how ho Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian heals since tho the Christian I I f I is at nt lea supposed to be bc inI informed in in- formed on oil Ins his hi u n n subject 1 I I To 10 1 o acknowledge nO lr th the thip ehr Christian tian cin Scientists Scientist's s qualification to define his isis own theory the the- cry ory and would be r. r no no 1 lex les con con- It is iR evident C that no 10 one one- knows quite so 80 well how CJ ien Science c cIt I It 1 as HI the Christ through I whose C understanding l lt tho time healing is is e d. fhI I No o doubt when under r. r Christian tian Science I treatment a 1 In int begins to I improve there in it produced in 10 in tho pat patient pa pa- I t heat tient a t strong Jj b belief t that t hl he will get ot ct w well lI lout but to say MY it is this thi helmet belief which v. curl cures the patient is to fail entirely ti to tp I |