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    Value of Physical Exercise

    In 1867 Mrs. White wrote critically of those doctors who frowned on physical exercise for the sick. It seems that at that time it was felt by many that an invalid might endanger recovery if he set out on any program of physical exercise or labor. Said Mrs. White at that time: “For years I have from time to time been shown that the sick should be taught that it is wrong to suspend all physical labor in order to regain health. In thus doing the will becomes dormant, the blood moves sluggishly through the system.” Testimonies for the Church 1:555. Then she added immediately: “Well-regulated labor gives the invalid the idea that he is not totally useless in the world, that he is, at least, of some benefit.”WBEGW 49.2

    Many of our readers can recall the earlier days when a patient in the hospital, particularly one recovering from surgery, was made to lie still in bed, sometimes for weeks. Indeed, sick people in general were slow to engage in physical activity as they recovered, unless, of course, grim economic necessity demanded it.WBEGW 50.1

    But how different now. Most large hospitals have a department called occupational therapy, in which patients engage in manual activities, limited, it is true, but nevertheless manual labor. It is considered good medicine. Again, surgical patients are now generally made to walk a few feet within a day or two after surgery, even heavy surgery. Such activity is considered vital to satisfactory recovery.WBEGW 50.2

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