Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Scrupulous Sanitation
[First published in How to Live, Part 4, pp. 54-
61; reproduced in The Review and Herald,
December 5, 12, 1899.] When severe sickness
enters a family, there is great need of each
member’s giving strict attention to personal
cleanliness and diet, to preserve himself in a
healthful condition, thus fortifying himself against
disease. It is also of the greatest importance that the
sickroom, from the first, be properly ventilated.
This is beneficial to the afflicted, and highly
necessary to keep those well who are compelled to
remain a length of time in the sickroom....
A great amount of suffering might be saved if
all would labor to prevent disease, by strictly
obeying the laws of health. Strict habits of
cleanliness should be observed. Many, while well,
will not take the trouble to keep in a healthy
condition. They neglect personal cleanliness, and
are not careful to keep their clothing pure.
Impurities are constantly and imperceptibly passing
from the body, through the pores, and if the surface
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