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Show O ' ' . ' L . 1 I 1 v 1 I CHICAGO. I.:arch 6.-The City Health 1i partniont 13 J.jsti.led In forcibly inter- f rlns In cases of extreme sickness wheru the tric tif a physician, are refjsej, bccorJing: to an opinion renUered today by Corporation Counsel Lewis. Since the aJvent . of John Alexander Oovtle In Chicago many cases of this nature have been brought to the notice of the city authorities, but no definite action has ever been taken in such cases until today, when prayer instead of medicine medi-cine was being used in the treatment of Mrs. Ella Turner, who- to a believer In Dowle's teachings. - The woman had been suffering for over twenty-four' hours and her life was In Imminent Im-minent peril, as her condition called for an immediate operation. - Instead of calling a physician her husband hus-band and relatives appealed to Overseer Vollva of Zion C'-ty, who sent one of his deacons to pray for her. '. The woman's pain increased so much that her cries attracted the Attention of j a neighbor, who reported the case to the police. . - - - i The police at once placed the matter In the hands- of the' health department and was referred to Corporation Counsel Lewis, . -wlio expressed the 1 opinion that the health department was Justified in Interfering In such extreme . cases. . A physician was at one aent to attend the- woman and . her suffering was stopped. . ' : - . . . |