Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

He told us that it would be a mistake to establish a
sanitarium within the city limits. A sanitarium
should have the advantage of plenty of land, so that
the invalids can work in the open air. For nervous,
gloomy, feeble patients, outdoor work is
invaluable. Let them have flower beds to care for.
In the use of rake and hoe and spade, they will find
relief for many of their maladies. Idleness is the
cause of many diseases.
Life in the open air is good for body and mind.
It is God’s medicine for the restoration of health.
Pure air, good water, sunshine, the beautiful
surroundings of nature—these are His means for
restoring the sick to health in natural ways. To the
sick it is worth more than silver or gold to lie in the
sunshine or in the shade of the trees.
In the country our sanitariums can be
surrounded by flowers and trees, orchards and
vineyards. Here it is easy for physicians and nurses
to draw from the things of nature lessons teaching
of God. Let them point the patients to Him whose
hand has made the lofty trees, the springing grass,
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