Accompanying my gratitude for Christian Science is a compelling desire to share two experiences that established for me the certainty of the healing power of Christian Science and clarified the oneness of God as Mind. Having been graduated from the nursing school of a large hospital in New York, I was given the position of supervisor of its operating rooms. In that capacity I saw many operations for appendicitis in its varying degrees. When I married and came to the West Coast, I continued in the medical field, working as an instrument nurse and assisting in operations.
I had heard of Christian Science, and to satisfy my curiosity about it, a friend gave me her worn copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I read it with interest, though with many doubts. As I continued reading, my absorption in the textbook grew into eagerness to test its teachings. Healings of infected ears, impetigo, and ringworm followed; and twice a practitioner overcame my fear when our young son evidenced symptoms of appendicitis.
During World War II, a friend from my nursing days, who was a surgeon serving in the Navy, frequently visited in our home when his ship was in port. On one Sunday he went to the Christian Science church with us. He was respectful of the service, of the religion, and of its advocates, but said he did not believe that Christian Science could heal a case of acute appendicitis. Like a great wave, fear swept over me, and it was not long before our small son manifested symptoms of this condition to an alarming degree.
