OCR Text |
Show CHRISTIAN I SCpTIST I Can They Give Treat- ment Without a H License H Now York, March 30. Asslstsnl H District Attorney Xoft, in his open- "ll ing address in tho trial ot Willis Vor- r. jM non Cole, a Christian Scientist, H charged with practicing medicine H without a license, asked a jury to de- H cide "once and for all whether Chris- H tian Scientists should bo allowed to H glvo treatment that, under the health. H law, no ono else' Is'permltted to .givd H without a license'." H Colo is charged with treating Mrs. Frances Benzcry for an eye trouble. H Mrs. Benzecry told ot going to Cole H for treatment and how ho sat with H his oyes closed and prarcd for' flf- H teen minuteB. This and Colo"s ad- H vice that she was to give "up wear- H Ing glasses, "and havo more" faith," H made up the treatment for which sho H said she paid him $1 a visit H Tho defendant testified that his in- H come from Christian Science ,was H about $6,000 during the last five years. H As to Mrs. Benzecry's visit he said H he had repeatedly informed her that H Christian Science treatment was a H prayer to God and that the church jH did not believe In medicine or drugs, H He added: ""H "Christian Science does not recog- H nlze disease." H |