On my father's side of the family there was a strong claim of biliousness and liver complaint in a most aggravated form. From a child if anything was the matter with me, I knew at once that I was bilious. As I grew older it increased so that I had congestion of the liver. This caused great inaction of the bowels, and for twenty years I never had a natural action. It became a nightmare to me, and the cause of terrible headaches. My stomach was in such a condition that I could eat but few things, and all turned to an acid, so that I was never without a sense of nausea. I hardly dared to enter a public place on this account, as the nausea would overcome me. My head was so sore to the touch I dreaded to comb my hair, the physician said this was caused by nervousness. How faithfully I tried all remedies!
Finally my favorite remedy refused to give me any aid. An interested friend then suggested the flushing process, which would surely cure me. I tried it faithfully for months; while I used it I was comfortable; if I stopped, it was the old story of inaction. How tired I became thinking of myself so much. In my despair I would cry aloud, "What am I to try next?" How little did I know that soon I was to find a remedy which would lift me out of bondage, and "let the oppressed go free."
I was prejudiced against Christian Science, for the same reason that many are, because they know nothing about it. After seeing one who had been cured of liver trouble, although at first more sceptical regarding Christian Science than I was, I decided to try it.
