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1104. If he takes counsel of God, he will have the great Healer to
work with his efforts, and he will move with the greatest caution, lest
by his mismanagement he injure one of God’s creatures.—
Ibid., 195
.
Scientific Attainments of Physicians
1105. Many have entered upon the duties of this profession every
way unprepared. They have not the requisite knowledge; neither have
they the skill and tact, the carefulness and intelligence, necessary to
insure success.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:446
.
1106. Many physicians are not as thorough and intelligent as they
ought to be in the practise of their profession. They resort to drugs,
when greater skill and knowledge would teach them a more excellent
way.—
Unpublished Testimonies, 1888
.
1107. When physicians understand physiology in its truest sense,
their use of drugs will be very much less, and finally they will cease to
use them at all. The physician who depends upon drug medication in
his practise shows that he does not understand the delicate machinery
of the human organism.—
Unpublished Testimonies, October 12, 1896
.
1108. A skilful physician must understand the nature of various
diseases, and must have a thorough knowledge of the human structure.
He must be prompt in attending to the patients. He knows that delays
are dangerous. When his experienced hand is laid upon the pulse
of the sufferer, and he carefully notes the peculiar indications of the
malady, his previous knowledge enables him to determine concerning
the nature of the disease and the treatment necessary to arrest its
progress.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:267
.
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1109. If he is an intelligent physician, he will be able to trace
disease to its cause.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:439
.
1110. If he will be observing and honest, he cannot help acknowl-
edging that sin and disease bear to each other the relationship of cause
and effect. The physician should be quick to see this, and to act
accordingly.—
Ibid., 200
.
1111. There are constant temptations for physicians to exalt sci-
ence above the God who is the ruler of the universe. There is danger
that physicians will, little by little, leave the simplicity of Bible faith
in the power of God.—
Unpublished Testimonies, April 15, 1892
.