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Preface


To the Third Edition

The wholly unlooked for success with which this little book has met in the short time elapsed since its first issue has led the writer to hope it may prove an instrument of further good in the hands of those who may have an interest in meeting the onset of the Christian Science delusion. Since its publication, early in March of this year, the first edition has been entirely exhausted, and a special edition of 120,000 copies has been purchased for distribution to the members of the medical profession, in the United States, Canada, Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands. This end could never have been accomplished, had it not been for the helpful interest displayed by many prominent clergymen, physicians, and others who have written in appreciation of the writer's efforts, and have shown a strong desire to recommend this treatise as a preventive agent. The author wishes to express his deep appreciation of the help