For the last three months I have been treated by a "Christian CientistCorrected:Scientist," a Mrs L. B. Wright of Monroe WisExpanded:Wisconsin – a studaent of an old student of yours, a Dr Sawyer if I remember rightly, Mrs Wright has not been able to fbenefit me in the least, & has advised me to write to you, She would have written you herself but is very busy, & thought perhaps I could describe my own case best, as all my Communication with her has been by letter excepting once, as I am an invalideCorrected:invalid, & have been for twelve years, up to my thirteenth year my health was pirfictCorrected:perfect, then I caught a severe cold during menstruation, & it was three years before I came round again, at fourteen my health began to fail gradualy Corrected: gradually at sixteen & a half years of age menstruation a gainCorrected:again appeared accompanied with great pain, & ever since I have suffered dreadfully at such times, after my second & last, child was born I was subject to frequent & severe attacks of neuralgia of the womb, which together with hard work run me down until for months at a time I would be confinded to the bed, Eight years ago my nervous system entirely gone out, & for two years was confined to the bed with nervous debility, no one thought it possible for me to rally a gainCorrected:again but I did, & in t [?] Unclear or illegible wo years more I had got so I could get about the house & sit up for an hour or two at a time, but have never been able to do any thingCorrected:anything in the shape of work,

For fifteen years have suffered untold misery from chronic inflamation Corrected: inflammation of the Bladder, UrethaCorrected:Urethra VerginaCorrected:Vagina RectomCorrected:Rectum lower Bowel & Womb, my Stomach is verry Corrected: very weak food does not assimiulateCorrected:assimilate, & for Sixteen years ha [?] Unclear or illegible ve had chronic DiarhoeaCorrected:Diarrhea, caused, the Drs. tell me from weakness & the state of the sStomach & lower BowellCorrected:Bowel. Have never had iIndigestion I think, at least my food never distresses my Stomach,

The Womb is very badly inflamed & enlarged, & tipped forward upon the Bladder. I am also troubled with LeucorrhoeaCorrected:Leukorrhea ConsidderablyCorrected:considerably. I have also had Catarrh for twenty years, hereditary Bronchitis, & Salt [?] Unclear or illegible  rhenna.

I am frequently melanchollyCorrected:melancholy & low spirited & at [?] Unclear or illegible  such times am tormented by the idea that no one cares for me or thinks any thingCorrected:anything of me, my nervous system is so weak that if I sit up for more than about two hours at a time I grow faint & tremble like one in a chill. In short I am a most pitiable wreck, & death would be a happy release. Your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy were lent me by a friend I read them & was convinced, & though I received no benefit from Mrs Wrights treatment, I still feel that if you would try, with your superior knowleddge & experience, you could cure me, & surely God will reward you for so great an [*]Archival Note: The following text was later added to the document by another annotator, disrupting the surrounding thought. ⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Archival Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here. 12 [*]Archival Note: End floating text. ⇉ Handshift:Mrs. W. B. Stevensact of mercy & I. will I think I should worship you the rest of my life.

If you can do me any good please send me your bill & I will gladly by pay it if it is within my means.

Hoping to hear from you soon