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911. Children should not be allowed to eat gross articles of food,
such as pork, sausage, spices, rich cakes, and pastry; for by so doing
their blood becomes fevered.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:141
.
912. Thousands have indulged their perverted appetites, have eaten
a good meal, as they call it, and as the result have brought on a fever
or some other acute disease, and certain death.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:69
.
Ventilation
913. The effects produced by living in close, ill-ventilated rooms
are these: The system becomes weak and unhealthy, the circulation is
depressed, the blood moves sluggishly through the system because it is
not purified and ventilated by the pure, invigorating air of heaven. The
mind becomes depressed and gloomy, while the whole system is ener-
vated, and fevers and other acute diseases are liable to be generated.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:702, 703
.
Infection
914. If fevers enter a family, often more than one have the same
fever. This need not be if the habits of the family are correct. If
their diet is as it should be, and they observe habits of cleanliness,
and realize the necessity of ventilation, the fever need not extend
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to another member of the family. The reason that fevers prevail in
families, exposing the attendants, is because the sick-room is not kept
free from poisonous infection by cleanliness and proper ventilation.—
How to Live, 57
.
915. Families have been afflicted with fevers, some have died,
and the remaining portion of the family circle have almost murmured
against their Maker because of their distressing bereavements, when
the sole cause of all their sickness and death has been the result of
their own carelessness. The impurities about their own premises have
brought upon them contagious diseases.... Disease of almost every
description will be caused by inhaling the atmosphere affected by
these decaying substances. There is constantly arising from them an
effluvium that is poisoning the air.—
Spiritual Gifts Volume 4a, 141
.