The following correspondence speaks for itself. Mrs. Woodhead is one of Mrs. Eddy's Chicago friends; and the letters appeared in the Tribune of that city:
From an article in today's papers, the reader would infer that the case of George Naghten was the first instance of a death occurring in the practice of so-called Christian Scientists. Let me state, in the interest of truth, that myself, as well as many other physicians, have signed death-certificates for many deluded victims of Christian Science. We do so in order to save the family and friends of the deceased the mortification of a coroner's inquest,—when we are satisfied, of course, that nothing of a criminal nature, in a legal sense, has occurred. If these Christian healers could only be sentenced to the workhouse at hard labor for one year, and their patients be sent for a similar period of time to an institute for feeble-minded persons, a large number of cranks would be restored to common sense, and many an untimely death be averted.
