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Healthful Living
278. The chief, if not the only, reason why many become invalids
is that the blood does not circulate freely, and the changes in the vital
fluid, which are necessary to life and health, do not take place.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:525
.
Exposure to Cold
279. When we overtax our strength, and become exhausted, we
are liable to take cold, and at such times there is danger of disease
assuming a dangerous form.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:13
.
Damp Rooms
280. Rooms that are not exposed to light and air become damp....
Various diseases have been brought on by sleeping in these fashionable
health-destroying apartments.—
How to Live, 62
.
281. Choice, closed rooms, deprived of the health-giving rays of
the sun, seem like damp cellars.... The air in unoccupied rooms may
be cold; but this is no evidence that it is pure.—
The Health Reformer,
April 1, 1871
.
Drugs
282. Drugging should be forever abandoned; for while it does not
cure any malady, it enfeebles the system, making it more susceptible
to disease.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:311
.
The Condition of the Mind
283. There is another class whose highest aim in life is physical
labor. This class do not exercise the mind. Their muscles are exercised,
while their brains are robbed of intellectual strength.... This class fall
more rapidly if attacked by disease, because the system is not vitalized
by the electrical force of the brain to resist disease.—
Testimonies for
the Church 3:157
.
284. That which brings sickness of body and mind to nearly all, is
dissatisfied feelings and discontented repinings.—
Testimonies for the
Church 1:566
.
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285. Nothing is so fruitful a cause of disease as depression, gloomi-
ness, and sadness.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:702
.