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be employed in the treatment of the sick.—
Unpublished Testimonies,
1892
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1056. Many physicians are not as thorough and intelligent as they
should be in the practise of their profession. They resort to drugs,
when greater skill and knowledge would teach them a more excellent
way. Lives have been lost which might have been saved if drugs had
not been resorted to. As a rule, the less frequently they are employed,
the better the patient will prosper.—
Unpublished Testimonies, 1888
.
1057. Make use of the remedies that God has provided. Pure air,
sunshine, and the intelligent use of water are beneficial agents in the
restoration of health. But the use of water is considered too laborious.
It is easier to employ drugs than to use natural remedies.
In treating the sick, the physician will seek God for wisdom;
then, instead of placing his dependence upon drugs and expecting
that medicine will bring health to his patients, he will use nature’s
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restoratives, and employ natural means whereby the sick may be aided
to recover. The Lord will hear and answer the prayers of the Christian
physician.—
Unpublished Testimonies, 1888
.
1058. A great amount of good can be done by enlightening all to
whom we have access, as to the best means, not only of curing the sick,
but of preventing disease and suffering. The physician who endeavors
to enlighten his patients as to the nature and causes of their maladies,
and to teach them how to avoid disease, may have up-hill work; but if
he is a conscious reformer, he will talk plainly of the ruinous effects of
self-indulgence in eating, drinking, and dressing, of the overtaxation
of the vital forces that has brought his patients where they are. He will
not increase the evil by administering drugs till exhausted nature gives
up the struggle, but will teach the patients how to form correct habits,
and to aid nature in her work of restoration by a wise use of her own
simple remedies.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 121
.
1059. The question of health reform is not agitated as it must be
and will be. A simple diet and the entire absence of drugs, leaving
nature free to recuperate the wasted energies of the body, would make
our sanitariums far more effectual in restoring the sick to health.—
Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896
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