"There is a law of God applicable to healing, and it is a spiritual law instead of material" (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 463).
Many years ago I asked for help in Christian Science for a peculiar ailment from which I had suffered at intervals since childhood without relief from doctors or medical remedies. The pain would strike quite suddenly, and I could breathe only with difficulty. With one Christian Science treatment the healing was complete. It was some months before I realized that I was healed. After this healing I drifted along, occasionally attending the Science church services and lectures and reading the literature.
Later I was instantaneously healed of an injury received many years before in a lumber mill. My knee had been wrenched out of joint, and I had spent several months in a hospital and received many kinds of treatment, involving ninety-two osteopathic treatments and electric massages. When I left the hospital, the doctor told me that I was fortunate to be able to use my leg at all and that I would always be crippled, for the condition would become worse as I grew older. Knowing that I could expect no further aid from the doctor, I again asked for help in Christian Science, this time of my wife, who was then a young but earnest student. The healing was immediate and complete.
