In response to the article published in the Christian Science Weekly entitled "Christian Science in Dentistry," I submit my own experience, which may benefit a fellow-worker.
I had suffered intensely from a tooth in which the nerve was exposed, and there was a good sized cavity apparent to all who examined it, and all urged me to visit a dentist without delay, as ulceration was inevitable otherwise. But I was so afraid of the dental chair, having had previous experience therein that I continued to suffer, night and day.
During this time a friend loaned me a copy of Science and Health, which I eagerly devoured, finding it contained the true Word. I had been reading that paragraph about the lungs, etc., wherein I gleaned a thought that there were no cavities therein, and the sense seemed to quietly unfold that these statements must surely relate to cavities of any name or nature, and why not apply it to my own case of the tooth. Though as yet uninstructed in the ways and methods of so doing, I fully believed those words in Science and Health were absolute Truth, and that I could obey implicitly and bring forth a favorable result. No shadow of doubt crossed my mind, and I went to work from that moment to realize the truth of those statements.
