In 1920 I was healed in Christian Science of tuberculosis of the lungs. According to the doctor's diagnosis and an X-ray photograph it seemed certain that this disease would end fatally, but instead I was healed in a surprisingly short time. This result aroused my interest in Christian Science, and I began diligently to study the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I soon imagined I had quite an understanding of Christian Science, whereupon my zeal began to abate, and I began to study less, and finally not at all. Sick thoughts gradually began to take the place of right thoughts, so that about a year after my healing had taken place I suffered a relapse.
This time I relied upon medical treatment. In comparison with the previous attack this one was only slight, but the healing took place very slowly; indeed, it could not be called a complete healing. I spent the summer in the country and the winter of 1921 and 1922 in the Black Forest. In spite of my sojourn in the mountains I could not get rid of the cold, and this resulted finally in an attack of the grippe. Then my extremity was great, and I realized that I could not get along without Christian Science. For my health's sake I was now willing to do the spiritual work so apparently distasteful to me. I asked a practitioner for help, and my condition improved quickly, and the following months brought certain progress towards my complete healing. I gave myself up to the study of Christian Science and read very little of any other literature. I discontinued medical remedies and visits to the doctor. The disease seemed to be very stubborn at times, and I was often discouraged because I thought my healing was not being accomplished quickly enough; but through the understanding help of a practitioner the inharmony was overcome. This took place through absent treatment. In 1923 I took up swimming and cycling again, as I felt perfectly well. A thorough medical examination corroborated the fact that the tuberculosis was completely healed.
A year later I married. During the following years my health was always the reflection of my inward harmony or inharmony. If the latter prevailed, sick thoughts so filled my consciousness that it was sometimes impossible for me to overcome the slightest physical defect. Neither climbing nor cycling was then possible. As soon as the practitioner helped me the symptoms of illness vanished at once. These quick results were always so surprising and remarkable to my husband that, in spite of the fact that he at first resisted Christian Science, he began to be interested. Then we both began to study together, and this spiritual harmony, supported at times by Christian Science treatment, led me in a marked degree to the overcoming of erroneous thoughts. I now enjoy excellent health, and can venture unhesitatingly to undertake any ordinary exertion. This success I owe in a large measure to the ever ready assistance of the practitioner.
