It was over fifty years ago that I last visited a doctor and consumed medicine. This longstanding emancipation had its beginning with my introduction to Christian Science by a violin teacher under whom I was then studying. As I left my lesson one week he gave me a copy of The Christian Science Monitor. Even though I was an avid newspaper reader, that was my first exposure to this paper.
I was immediately impressed with its journalistic excellence—its freedom from screaming headlines and reports of scandals and murders—to say nothing of The Home Forum page which, in my opinion, is still unmatched.
While I welcomed the Monitor with unbridled enthusiasm, I approached the theology of Christian Science less eagerly. When I told my violin teacher of my intention to undergo an operation for a throat condition I'd had for several weeks, he prevailed upon me to discuss the matter with a friend of his—a Christian Science practitioner. I very reluctantly agreed to go.
