Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Every practitioner should study carefully the
word of God. Read the story of the sons of Aaron
in the tenth chapter of Leviticus, verses 1-11. Here
was a case where the use of wine benumbed the
senses. The Lord demands that the appetite and all
the habits of life of the physician be kept under
strict control. While dealing with the bodies of
their patients, they are to constantly remember that
the eye of God is upon their work.
The Causes of Disease to Be Understood
The most exalted part of the physician’s work
is to lead the men and women under his care to see
that the cause of disease is the violation of the laws
of health and to encourage them to higher and
holier views of life. Instruction should be given
that will provide an antidote for the diseases of the
soul as well as for the sickness of the body. Only
that sanitarium will be a healthful institution where
right principles are established. The physician who,
knowing the remedy for the diseases of the soul
and body, neglects the educational part of his work,
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