Counsel to Physicians and Nurses
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They will gird on every piece of the heavenly armor, that they may be
protected from the assaults of the enemy. This is a safeguard against
sin which the physician must avail himself of if he would be successful
in his work.
Our bodies belong to God. He paid the price of redemption for the
body as well as the soul. “Ye are not your own; for ye are bought with
a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which
are God’s.”
1 Corinthians 6:19, 20
. “The body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.”
Verse 13
. The Creator
watches over the human machinery, keeping it in motion. Were it not
for His constant care, the pulse would not beat, the action of the heart
would cease, the brain would no longer act its part.
The brain is the organ and instrument of the mind and controls the
whole body. In order for the other parts of the system to be healthy,
the brain must be healthy. And in order for the brain to be healthy,
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the blood must be pure. If by correct habits of eating and drinking the
blood is kept pure, the brain will be properly nourished.
Conditions That Bring Disease
It is the lack of harmonious action in the human organism that
brings disease. The imagination may control the other parts of the
body to their injury. All parts of the system must work harmoniously.
The different parts of the body, especially those remote from the heart,
should receive a free circulation of blood. The limbs act an important
part and should receive proper attention.
God is the great caretaker of the human machinery. In the care of
our bodies we must co-operate with Him. Love for God is essential
for life and health. In order to have perfect health our hearts must be
filled with hope and love and joy.
The lower passions are to be strictly guarded. The perceptive
faculties are abused, terribly abused, when the passions are allowed
to run riot. When the passions are indulged, the blood, instead of
circulating to all parts of the body, thereby relieving the heart and
clearing the mind, is called in undue amount to the internal organs.
Disease comes as the result. The man cannot be healthy until the evil
is seen and remedied.