Amazing quote:
In his journal, Joseph Smith wrote:
“I had been called to thousands of cases in sickness, and I have never failed of administering comfort where the patient has thrown himself unreservedly on me; and the reason is, that I never prescribed any thing that would injure the patient, if it did him no good. I have lost a Father, Brother and child, because in my anxiety I depended more on the judgment of other men than my own; while I have raised up others, who were lower than they were… [P]eople will seldom die of disease, provided we know it seasonably, and treat it mildly, patiently and perseveringly and do not use harsh means. It is like the Irishman’s digging down the Mountain, he does not put his shoulder to it, to push it over, but puts it in his wheelbarrow and carries it away day after day, and perseveres in it, until the whole mountain is removed; so we should persevere in the use of simple remedies (and not push against the constitution of the patient) day after day and the disease will be removed and the patient saved” (“History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843],” p. 1537, The Joseph Smith Papers).
I know someone, who if the medicine doesn’t work In a day or two, they won’t take it. And if it is bitter, still won’t take it.
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