Cases of Debility

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Aug 17, 1882

Cases of Debility.

NOTHING is more common when a man gets out of health, from mere overwork, from some improper use of his health, from some misuse of his faculties, or some other thing that ought to be remedied by the rules of hygiene—that ought to be prevented and cured by the removal of its cause—nothing is more common than to tell a man to take a little wine, instead of telling him to look into his surroundings, and get rid of the cause. I find that what is wanted with these cases of debility is regular work, proper hygiene, mental discipline of the individual, and a proper system of diet and regimen; and then I find that they get well infinitely better without drink than they do with it. Whenever a man tells me that he cannot eat his dinner without a glass or two of wine, I know the wine has got hold of him to that extent. I know it is all the more reason why he should leave it off, and if he will leave off, in a week he will eat more than he did before, will digest it infinitely better, and get stronger in every way.—Dr. Townsend.