EGW Books
〉 Healthful Living
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   Preface ( 3 )
     Preface to the Third Edition ( 4 )
   Chapter 1—Our Bodies, Temples of the Holy Ghost ( 9 )
     God’s Workmanship ( 9 )
     Creation’s Crown ( 10 )
     Personal Rights ( 10 )
     Mind Supreme ( 11 )
     Christ in Man ( 11 )
     Service ( 11 )
   Chapter 2—Duty to Study the Laws of Life ( 13 )
     Physiology as a Study ( 13 )
     Ignorance of Physical Laws ( 13 )
     How to Reduce Mortality ( 15 )
     Learn in Youth ( 15 )
     Duty of Ministers ( 16 )
   Chapter 3—The Great Decalogue ( 17 )
     Character of God ( 17 )
     Obedience to Law ( 17 )
     Physical Sin ( 17 )
     Blessings Follow Obedience ( 17 )
     Heredity ( 18 )
     Knowledge a Duty ( 19 )
   Chapter 4—Natural Law Part of the Law of God ( 20 )
     Natural Law Divine ( 20 )
     Its Penalty ( 20 )
     Physical Sin ( 21 )
   Chapter 5—Blessings from Obeying Natural Law ( 22 )
     Co-operation ( 22 )
     Adherence to Principle ( 23 )
   Chapter 6—The Consequence of Violating Natural Law ( 24 )
     Cause of Sickness ( 24 )
     Diseased Souls ( 24 )
     We Reap What We Sow ( 25 )
     Control of Will ( 25 )
     Satan Taunting God ( 25 )
   Chapter 7—Natural Law; How Violated ( 27 )
     General Statements ( 27 )
     Indulgence of Appetite ( 27 )
     Lack of Exercise ( 28 )
   Chapter 8—Health ( 29 )
     General Statements ( 29 )
     Circulation ( 30 )
     Faith and Practise ( 30 )
     How to Preserve Health ( 30 )
   Chapter 9—Health Reform ( 32 )
     Light Given ( 32 )
     Common Sense in Health Reform ( 33 )
     Duty of Ministers ( 33 )
     Avoid Extremes ( 34 )
     The Educational Process ( 35 )
     Relation of Health Reform to the Present Closing Work ( 36 )
     Preparation for Loud Cry ( 36 )
     Prejudice Removed ( 37 )
     Object of Health Reform ( 38 )
     Relation of Health Reform to Spirituality ( 38 )
     Light Unheeded ( 39 )
     The Influence of Habit ( 39 )
     Effects upon the Mind ( 40 )
     A Living Sacrifice ( 42 )
     God’s Plan—The Kingdom Within ( 43 )
     Our Duty to Others ( 44 )
   Chapter 10—Vital Vigor and Energy ( 45 )
     General Statements ( 45 )
     Conditions Conducive to Health and Vigor ( 45 )
     Conditions Unfavorable to Strength and Vigor ( 47 )
   Chapter 11—Disease and Providence ( 52 )
     Disease the Result of Natural Causes ( 52 )
     God not Responsible for Disease ( 53 )
   Chapter 12—The Influence of Disease Upon the Mind and Morals ( 54 )
     Mental Depression ( 54 )
     Moral Insensibility ( 54 )
     God Misrepresented ( 55 )
   Chapter 13—Heredity ( 56 )
     Habits Repeated ( 56 )
     Transmission of Disease ( 57 )
     Parents Sin against Children ( 57 )
     Mental and Moral Effects of Heredity ( 58 )
     Physical Effects of Heredity ( 58 )
   Chapter 14—Causes of Disease ( 60 )
     Predisposing Causes ( 60 )
     Exciting Causes ( 66 )
   Chapter 15—Resistance Against Disease ( 68 )
     General Statements ( 68 )
     The Power of the Will ( 68 )
     Temperance ( 68 )
     Nourishment ( 68 )
     Sleep ( 69 )
     Exercise ( 69 )
     Bathing ( 69 )
     Clothing ( 69 )
     Unselfish Work ( 69 )
   Chapter 16—Ventilation ( 71 )
     General Statements ( 71 )
     Ventilation of the Sleeping-Room ( 71 )
     Ventilation in the Sick-Room ( 71 )
     Benefits of Pure Air ( 72 )
     Harmful Effects of Impure Air ( 72 )
   Chapter 17—Appetite ( 74 )
   Chapter 18—Diet ( 76 )
     General Statements ( 76 )
     Cooking ( 76 )
     Proper Food ( 78 )
     Preparation of Food ( 79 )
     Errors in Diet ( 85 )
   Chapter 19—Flesh Foods ( 96 )
     General Statements ( 96 )
     Effects of Meat Eating ( 98 )
   Chapter 20—Stimulants ( 106 )
     General Statements ( 106 )
     Tea and Coffee ( 107 )
     Tobacco ( 109 )
     Alcohol ( 111 )
     Effects of the Use of Alcoholic Drinks ( 113 )
     Cure for the Liquor Habit ( 114 )
     Alcohol in Disease ( 115 )
   Chapter 21—Dress ( 118 )
     General Statements ( 118 )
     Mental and Moral Influence of Dress ( 119 )
     Influence of Dress upon the Body ( 121 )
     Heavy Skirts ( 123 )
     Clothing of the Extremities ( 124 )
     Length of Dress ( 125 )
     Too Much Clothing ( 126 )
   Chapter 22—Exercise ( 127 )
     General Statements ( 127 )
     Varieties of Exercise ( 127 )
   Chapter 23—Manual Training ( 136 )
   Chapter 24—Hygiene ( 140 )
     Hygiene of the Home and Premises ( 140 )
     Hygiene of the Person ( 143 )
     Hygiene for Children ( 144 )
     Hygiene of Motherhood ( 151 )
     Hygiene of the Sick-Room ( 155 )
   Chapter 25—The Organs of Digestion ( 161 )
     Physiology of the Digestive System ( 161 )
     Causes of Indigestion ( 162 )
     Helpful Suggestions as to Treatment ( 169 )
   Chapter 26—The Lungs and Respiration ( 171 )
     Physiology of Respiration ( 171 )
     Causes of Diseases of the Respiratory Organs ( 172 )
     Care of the Respiratory Organs ( 176 )
   Chapter 27—The Heart and Blood ( 178 )
     Physiology of the Circulatory System ( 178 )
     How Improved ( 186 )
   Chapter 28—The Skin and its Functions ( 188 )
     Physiology of the Skin ( 188 )
     Impaired Action of the Skin ( 189 )
     Compensatory Action of the Internal Organs ( 191 )
     Treatment ( 191 )
   Chapter 29—The Brain and the Nervous System ( 193 )
     The Physiology of the Nervous System ( 193 )
     Sympathetic Nervous Disturbances ( 195 )
     Causes of Nervous Diseases ( 196 )
     Treatment for Nervous Disorders ( 203 )
   Chapter 30—Auto-Intoxication, or Self-Poisoning ( 206 )
     Toxins Generated ( 206 )
     Defective Elimination ( 207 )
   Chapter 31—Colds ( 208 )
     Causes of Colds ( 208 )
     Clothing ( 209 )
     Helpful Hints Concerning Colds ( 209 )
   Chapter 32—Fevers and Acute Diseases ( 211 )
     Causes of Acute Diseases ( 211 )
     Ventilation ( 212 )
     Infection ( 212 )
     Helpful Suggestions ( 213 )
   Chapter 33—Moral Maladies ( 216 )
     General Statements ( 216 )
     Inducing Causes of Immorality ( 217 )
     Remedial Agencies ( 219 )
   Chapter 34—Rational Remedies for Disease ( 224 )
     Efforts of Nature to Resist Disease ( 224 )
     Assistance We May Render Nature ( 225 )
     Water Drinking ( 226 )
     Bathing ( 226 )
     Frequency of the Bath ( 227 )
     Manner of Giving the Bath ( 227 )
     Effects of the Bath ( 228 )
     Sunlight ( 229 )
     Relation of the Mind to the Body ( 230 )
     Help for the Body through the Mind ( 231 )
     Influence of the Will ( 231 )
     Cheerfulness Productive of Health ( 232 )
     Doing Good a Remedy for Disease ( 233 )
     Restorative Power of the Spirit of God ( 234 )
   Chapter 35—Prayer for the Sick ( 236 )
     Cautions ( 236 )
     Instruction ( 237 )
   Chapter 36—Drugs ( 243 )
     Mode of Action ( 243 )
     Results of Drug Medication ( 244 )
     The Use of Drugs in our Institutions ( 246 )
   Chapter 37—The Missionary Nurse ( 249 )
     Need of Nurses ( 249 )
     Qualifications of Nurses ( 249 )
     The Nurse’s Duty to Herself ( 250 )
     Suggestions to Nurses ( 251 )
   Chapter 38—Medical Students ( 252 )
     Need of Medical Students ( 252 )
     Qualifications of Medical Students ( 254 )
     Advice to Medical Students ( 257 )
   Chapter 39—The Missionary Physician ( 261 )
     Christian Physicians ( 262 )
     Scientific Attainments of Physicians ( 264 )
     The Physician’s Relation to the Laws of Health ( 265 )
     The Physician’s Relation to His Patients ( 266 )
     The Physician’s Relation to Society ( 269 )
   Chapter 40—Medical Missionary Work ( 271 )
     The Present Need ( 271 )
     Aim to Educate ( 272 )
     Open Fields ( 272 )
   Chapter 41—Christian Help Work ( 274 )
     Christ’s Ambassadors ( 274 )
     Our Duty to the Poor ( 276 )
     Our Duty to the Sick ( 278 )
     Our Duty to Orphans and the Aged ( 279 )
     Blessing to Christian Helpers ( 279 )
   Chapter 42—Lessons from the Experience of the Children of Israel ( 280 )
     The Modern Church Repeating the History of Ancient Israel ( 280 )
     God’s Dealing with Israel ( 281 )
     The Influence of Flesh Food upon Mind and Body ( 282 )
     Warnings from the Experience of Israel ( 283 )
   Chapter 43—God in Nature ( 285 )
     The Source of Power ( 285 )
     Object of Education ( 285 )
     Relation of Science and Revelation ( 286 )
     The Bible a Test ( 286 )
     Our Only Security ( 291 )
     Science Falsely So Called ( 292 )
     The Infinite God ( 294 )
     The Mystery of God ( 296 )
     Beacon Lights ( 297 )
     An Unexplored Field ( 298 )
   Chapter 44—The Spirit-Filled Life ( 300 )
     The Office of the Holy Spirit ( 300 )
     Characteristics of a Surrendered Life ( 302 )
     Conditions Favorable to Growth ( 304 )
     Hindrances to Spiritual Growth ( 306 )