A Physician Explains Ellen White's Counsel on Drugs, Herbs, and Natural Remedies
A Physician Explains Ellen White's Counsel on Drugs, Herbs, and Natural Remedies
By Mervyn G. Hardinge

At a time when nineteenth-century physicians bled, poisoned, dehydrated, and blistered their patients, Ellen G. White declared drugs to be poisonous and discouraged their use. What drugs did she have in mind? Mervyn Hardinge discusses the principal drugs in contemporary use and surveys the history of medicine to place her counsel in its historical context.