Paralysis
Healed
[VERMONT
PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO]
Leon
Castine, thirteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Castine of
Myrtle street, is able to walk, talk, and enjoy himself
generally, after being in a state of almost complete
paralysis nearly a year. Within the past few weeks he had
been much worse than in the preceding months of his illness,
but on Oct. 5 he experienced a sudden change, arose from his
bed and walked about normally. His case had attracted the
attention of several Brattleboro physicians, but nothing
appeared to help him. A few weeks ago the family decided to
see if Christian Science would help him, and accordingly
they called in a well-known Brattleboro woman, who gave the
boy Christian Science treatment. For the first week or two
after she began treating him he did not improve, but on Oct.
4 he startled his parents by calling out to them from his
room and when they went in to ask him what the matter was he
said that he could walk. He arose from the bed unassisted
and walked about the house, a little later going out into
the yard in his night clothes and running about. He was
taken back into the house and dressed, and since then he has
been going about as he did before his illness. It was about
a year ago that he first complained of pains over his eyes,
but at that time an eye specialist could find nothing the
matter with his eyes. Later he became almost paralyzed,
losing all use of his body except that he could move his
right hand a little. He could eat, but he was unable to talk
and did not recognize the people about him. At one time he
was taken to the Farren Memorial hospital in Montague for
treatment, but without any improvement in his condition.
Since his recovery it is apparent that his mind was a blank
during his illness. He has greeted his child companions as
though it were only a day or two ago that they last saw each
other.
Reprinted
from the Vermont Phoenix
Christian Science
Sentinel, December 18, 1909
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