Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

As these things are presented before me, and as
I think of how much is lost by an indoor life, I can
scarcely endure the thought of our sanitariums
being situated where the patients must endure the
rigor of cold winters, where during the winter
months they must remain inside most of the time,
the rooms heated with steam coils, and the air
impure. In every place there are in winter time
some things that are disadvantageous to the sick,
but some places have fewer disadvantages than
others. There are localities where all the year round
fruit-bearing trees may be seen, and where but little
fire is needed for purposes of warmth. In
sanitariums established in such places the patients
can have the advantages of the out-door air at all
seasons of the year. When fire are required, there
should, if possible, be open fireplaces in which
wood can be burned.
Why do not our physicians see and understand
that patients should be treated out of and away
from the cities? And not the patients only, but
physicians and nurses need a cheerful, sunshiny
atmosphere. Is it surprising that under gloomy
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