RAVAGES OF DISEASE.
SECT THAT DECLINES MEDICAL AID. (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK, May 4. At Lebanon (Pennsylvania) disease has made terrible ravages among the members of the Faith Tabernacle, a small religious sect residing here, whose tenets provide a cure for all ailments through prayer. Seven members have died from diphtheria during the.past three weeks. No cognisance was, taken after the first few deaths, but ’ neighbors thereafter sent physicians, who, however, were not permitted to treat the afflicted. One family lost three members. in a few days, but the surviving relatives their prayers. The. authorities were unable, under the law, to force medical attention l, P on th e afflicted, and were compelled! to merely quarantine the hous.e where the death's occurred.
, The sect, moreover, conceals information concerning the presence of disease, disclosures coming only after death.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16423, 6 May 1924, Page 5
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145RAVAGES OF DISEASE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16423, 6 May 1924, Page 5
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