Accession: 646B.67.020
Editorial Title: M. D. Bell to Mary Baker Eddy, January 10, 1885
Author: M. D. Bell 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye 
Date: January 10, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by M. D. Bell on embossed lined paper from Warren, Pennsylvania.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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646B.67.020
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:Calvin A. Frye(Tends to no cases on postal)Editorial Note: This probably indicates that the response to this letter was to include the fact that Mary Baker Eddy no longer takes cases for healing but refers such cases to her students.

I visited a house yesterday where I found a Mother & daughter both in Bed the mother had a tumor As Written: Tumer in the Bowels & dropsy The tumor As Written: Tumer has been coming on for a number of years & for the last two As Written: too or three As Written: thre years dropsy She has been Tapped As Written: Taped Several times which would relieve her for weeks & they think every time will As Written: well be the last they are putting As Written: puting her off now not expecting her to recover the operation Her Daughter also has a swelling on or in her side & in Bed

I was at Chicago last Summer took treatment of one of your Students Miss Brown Bought your Books Science & healthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. take your paper & by reading your Books infer you can give absent treatments successfully As Written: Successfuly Now can you cure these Ladies they are poor have paid all their money to physicians As Written: physitions with no avail The Daughter has only been confined to her Bed a week

I wish you would Send one of your competent Students here. we have four or five Thousand inhabitants As Written: inhabitents & many Sick people that would be happy to See Someone As Written: Some one that could Cure them

Truly
Mrs M D Bell

direct Warren Warren Co PennsylvaniaAs Written:PA

Care Bell Brothers)

PS I could say much more but know you cannot read long letters for the want of time

646B.67.020
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:Calvin A. Frye(Tends to no cases on postal)Editorial Note: This probably indicates that the response to this letter was to include the fact that Mary Baker Eddy no longer takes cases for healing but refers such cases to her students.

I visited a house yesterday where I found a Mother & daughter both in Bed the mother had a Tumer Corrected: tumor in the Bowels & dropsy The Tumer Corrected: tumor has been coming on for a number of years & for the last too Corrected: two or thre Corrected: three years dropsy She has been Taped Corrected: Tapped Several times which would relieve her for weeks & they think every time well Corrected: will be the last they are puting Corrected: putting her off now not expecting her to recover the operation Her Daughter also has a swelling on or in her side & in Bed

I have was at Chicago last Summer took treatment of one of your Students Miss Brown Bought your Books Science & healthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. take your paper & by reading your Books infer you can give absent treatments Successfuly Corrected: successfully Now can you cure these Ladies they are poor have paid all their money to physitions Corrected: physicians with no avail The Daughter has only been confined to her Bed a week

I wish you would Send one of your competent Students here. we have four or five Thousand inhabitents Corrected: inhabitants & many Sick people that would be happy to See you Some one Corrected: Someone that could Cure them

Truly
Mrs M D Bell

direct Warren Warren Co PAExpanded:Pennsylvania

Care Bell Brothers)

PS I could say much more but know you cannot read long letters for the want of time

 
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This probably indicates that the response to this letter was to include the fact that Mary Baker Eddy no longer takes cases for healing but refers such cases to her students. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.