"A modern hospital is like Grand Central Station—all……" — Herbert M. Shelton
"A modern hospital is like Grand Central Station—all noise and hubbub, and is filled with smoking physicians, nurses, orderlies, patients and visitors. Soft drinks are sold on each floor and everybody guzzles these popular poisons. The stench of chemicals offends the nose, while tranquillizers substitute for quietness."
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Herbert M. Shelton
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26 Quotes by Herbert M. Shelton
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Life should be built on the conservation of energy.
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Healing is a biological process, not an art. It is as much a function of the living organism as respiration,…
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Health and disease are the same thing—vital action intended to preserve, maintain, and protect the body. There is no more…
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In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds anew when eating is resumed.
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The so-called symptoms of disease are manifestations of an inherent principle of the organism to restore healthy function and to…
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There are many things to resist, but disease is not one of them.
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If you desire truly to live you will cease trying to find magic tricks and short-cuts to life and learn…
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What the sick need is teachers not treaters, health schools not hospitals, instruction not treatment, education in right living not…
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We cannot be damaged into health.
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At the very dawn of history, the care of the sick was actually superior to what the great majority of…
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Deep within the human constitution lie written laws of nature that should guide man in the conduct of his life.
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So long as the processes of healing were not understood and man thought that the power to heal resided in…
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