Mrs. Eddy says in Science and Health (p. 144), "When the Science of being is universally understood, every man will be his own physician, and Truth will be the universal panacea." I've certainly experienced this panacea in every aspect of my daily life, including improved human relations, a higher concept of home, employment, supply, and the healing of physical and emotional problems, as well as grief. Sometimes these healings were with the aid of a Christian Science practitioner, and at other times they came through my own growing understanding of Christian Science.
During the four years my husband and I were in Africa, I contracted malaria. It got to the point I was delirious much of the time and very weak. The demands on my husband were so severe that he found himself coming down with the same symptoms. There seemed to be no alternative but to put me in the hospital. My husband tried to have me admitted with the provision that no drugs would be given to me, but the hospital authorities flatly refused. As we did not believe in drugs as a healing agent, this was certainly not in keeping with Christian Science. However, we both felt much gratitude for the loving care I received.
I returned to work after I was released. All went well until a year later when a predicted periodic return of malaria was evident. This time I was more alert, and I also had the added strength of Christian Science class instruction to fall back on. I had learned to pray more precisely, and a call to a Christian Science practitioner went through quickly. The healing soon came, and this time was a decisive victory for Christian Science, for since that time I have never been troubled with a return of the symptoms. This was about ten years ago, and we remained in the same tropical climate for another two years.
