I would also assume that the people at Morsecodet's church probably did seek medical attention for their various problems.
But maybe their spiritual values overwhelm the doctors' mere material values.
That's a paraphrase. I can't remember her exact words, but when Mary Baker Eddy got old the Christian Scientists found she was going to a doctor or dentist. That was an obvious violation of her no-medical principles. She gave a dodge about she was beating down the doctor spiritually (and apparently silently) and her followers accepted it.