Physicians to Conserve Their Strength
Physicians should not be overworked, and their nervous systems
prostrated; for this condition of body will not be favorable to calm
minds, steady nerves, and a cheerful, happy spirit....
The privilege of getting away from the Health Institute should
occasionally be accorded to all the physicians, especially to those
who bear burdens and responsibilities. If there is such a scarcity of
help that this cannot be done, more help should be secured. To have
physicians overworked and thus disqualified to perform the duties of
their profession is a thing to be dreaded. It should be prevented if
possible, for its influence is against the interests of the Institute. The
physicians should keep well. They must not get sick by overlabor,
or by any imprudence on their part.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:182
(1872).
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