Accession: 522.57.024
Editorial Title: Thomas A. Benbow to Mary Baker Eddy, March 6, 1887
Author: Thomas A. Benbow 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: March 6, 1887
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Thomas A. Benbow on lined paper from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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YoursEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. at hand, It was some little time before As Written: befor I could get the consent of my mind to answer at all in any way, From the fact that I do not want you to think that I am forcing myself intoAs Written:in to yourAs Written:you class, If I cannotAs Written:can not get there, then I shall only be sadly disappointed, and do otherwise,

My difficulties for many years, previous to taking treatment by a ScientistEditorial Note: Christian Scientist last spring, was CongestiveAs Written:Conjestive, or nervous sick — headacheAs Written:headach, and nervous prostration, from overworkAs Written:over work,

All of which has left me, SometimesAs Written:Some times I feel a belief of a spell comingAs Written:comeing onAs Written:one. perhaps once in a month or two; then I "rise in the might of Divine power", and a spell that used to last me 36 hours, is now cut off entirely, or at least but a few minutes, There is scarcely any difficulty at all now that I notice at all, there is sometime a belief of rheumatism in my left shoulder, but of short duration I assure you; If there is a diseased organ in my body, I do not know it,

I have been treated by some good Scientists, until As Written: untill I feel there is not anythingAs Written:any thing left in the shape of disease,

This is as near as I can state my case,

Yours in Truth,
T. A. Benbow, M.D.
522.57.024
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

YoursEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. at hand, It was some little time befor Corrected: before I could get the consent of my mind to answer at all in any way, From the fact that I do not want you to think that I am forcing myself in toCorrected:into youCorrected:your class, If I can notCorrected:cannot get there, then I shall only be sadly disappointed, and do otherwise,

My difficulties for many years, previous to ataking treatment by a ScientistEditorial Note: Christian Scientist last spring, was ConjestiveCorrected:Congestive, or nervous sick — headachCorrected:headache, and nervous prostration, from over workCorrected:overwork,

All of which has left me, Some timesCorrected:Sometimes I feel a belief of a spell comeingCorrected:coming oneCorrected:on. perhaps once in a month or two; then I "rise in the might of Divine power", and a spell that used to last me 36 hours, is now cut off entirely, or at least but a few minutes, There is scarcely any difficulty at all now that I notice at all, there is sometime a belief of rheumatism in my left shoulder, but of short duration I assure you; If there is a diseased organ in my body, I do not know it,

I have been treated by some good Scientists, untill Corrected: until I feel there is not any thingCorrected:anything left in the shape of disease,

This is as near as I can state my case,

Yours in Truth,
T. A. Benbow, M.D.
 
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