Medical Aid Refused.— Raymond, Joutard, a member of the “Witnesses of Christ” sect, who spurn medical treatment, died at Nimes today after refusing help from two doctors. He had been injured in a motor-car accident earlier today, and told the doer tors: “I am prepared to die if my last hour is at hand.” The “Witnesses
of Christ” are disciples of Georges Roux, an Avignon postman, who claims he is Jesus Christ, and forbids his 3000 fbllowers to use medical aid.— Nimes (France), July 4. t
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27395, 7 July 1954, Page 8
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