Chapter 32—Fevers and Acute Diseases
Causes of Acute Diseases
905. Nature is burdened and endeavors to resist your efforts to
cripple her. Chills and fevers are the result of those attempts to rid
herself of the burden you lay upon her.—
Testimonies for the Church
2:68
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906. Nature, to relieve herself of poisonous impurities, makes an
effort to free the system, which effort produces fevers and what is
termed disease.—
How to Live, 60
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907. Nature bears abuse as long as she can without resisting, then
she arouses, and makes a mighty effort to rid herself of the incum-
brances and evil treatment she has suffered. Then come headache,
chills, fevers, nervousness, paralysis, and other evils too numerous to
mention.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:69
.
Diet
908. When we feed on flesh, the juices of what we eat pass into the
circulation. A feverish condition is created, because the animals are
diseased; and by partaking of their flesh we plant the seeds of disease
in our own tissue and blood. Then, when exposed to the changes in
a malarious atmosphere, to epidemics and contagious diseases, the
system feels their effects; it is not in a condition to resist disease.—
Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896
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909. Highly seasoned animal food produces a feverish state of the
system; especially if pork is used freely, the blood becomes impure,
the circulation is not equalized, and chills and fever follow.—
Spiritual
Gifts Volume 4a, 126
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910. Many times your children have suffered from fever and ague
brought on by improper eating, when their parents were accountable
for their sickness.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:502
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