Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

estore the patients to health.
In the future the condition of things in the cities
will grow more and more objectionable, and the
influence of city surroundings will be
acknowledged as unfavorable to the
accomplishment of the work that our sanitariums
should do.
From the standpoint of health, the smoke and
dust of the cities are very objectionable. And the
patients who for a large part of their time are shut
up within four walls, often feel that they are
prisoners in their rooms. When they look out of a
window, they see nothing but houses, houses,
houses. Those who are thus confined to their rooms
are liable to brood over their suffering and sorrow.
Sometimes an invalid is poisoned by his own
breath.
Many other evils follow the establishment of
great medical institutions in the large cities.
Effects of Outdoor Life
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