Chapter 6—Women as Physicians
Let it be known this day in my work for suffering humanity that there
is a God in Israel, and that I am Thy servant. Let it be seen that I am
working not according to my own impulse and wisdom, but according
to Thy Word.—
Welfare Ministry, 123, 124
Women to Receive Thorough Medical Training—In a remark-
able way God has brought into our possession some of the institutions
through whose agency we are to accomplish the work of reformation
to which as a people we are called. At this time every talent of every
worker should be regarded as a sacred trust to be used in extending
the work of reform. The Lord instructed me that our sisters who have
received a training that has fitted them for positions of responsibility
are to serve with faithfulness and discernment in their calling, using
their influence wisely and, with their brethren in the faith, obtaining
an experience that will fit them for still greater usefulness....
In ancient times the Lord worked in a wonderful way through
consecrated women who united in His work with men whom He had
chosen to stand as His representatives. He used women to gain great
and decisive victories. More than once, in times of emergency, He
brought them to the front and worked through them for the salvation
of many lives....
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There are many who have ability to stand with their husbands in
sanitarium work, to give treatments to the sick, and to speak words
of counsel and encouragement to others. There are those who should
seek an education that will fit them to act the part of physicians.
In this line of service a positive work needs to be done. Women as
well as men are to receive a thorough medical training. They should
make a special study of diseases common to women, that they may
understand how to treat them. It is considered most essential that men
desiring to practice medicine shall receive the broad training necessary
for the following of such a profession. It is just as essential that women
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