On the night the plant in which I work was to shut down for the yearly vacation, a heavy roll case was dislodged and fell across my leg, breaking the bones just above the ankle. The men I was working with asked if there was anything they could do to help me, knowing I was a student of Christian Science. I assured them I would be all right. They helped me to get up from the floor and to reach a nearby bench.
The pain and nausea were so great I had to do prayerful work for about fifteen minutes before I was able to get up and walk to the lunchroom. I could feel the ends of the bones grating when I put my weight on that foot. In the lunchroom I worked and prayed another fifteen minutes, holding to truths from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, including this one found onpage 280: "Rightly understood, instead of possessing a sentient material form, man has a sensationless body."
With much difficulty I then went home. The next day I called my teacher in Christian Science for treatment, because I was still in a great deal of pain.
