Some years ago I was repairing rusty musical instruments in the college where I was a professor of singing. Suddenly the aerosol can I was using exploded in my face. The pain was intense and I was unable to see. A colleague arrived and wanted me to go to a doctor at once.
I bathed my face and then was helped to a telephone. I called a Christian Science practitioner, who immediately started praying for me. My colleague respected my wishes and kindly took me home with her.
As I had been on college property when the incident occurred, the college insisted that I be examined by an eye specialist. The specialist informed me that nothing could be done for either eye, as the iris and pupil in both were irreparably damaged. The college needed a second medical opinion, so I was examined by another specialist. The diagnosis was the same, and this specialist urged me to undergo immediate rehabilitation at a center for the blind. I did not do so.
