So long as the processes of healing were not understood and man thought that the power to heal resided in substances and things outside of him, he logically sought for extrinsic means of healing, and a healing art was a logical development. The system of medicine, as we know it today, was a logical development out of the fallacy that healing power resides in extrinsic sources.
Herbert M. SheltonWhat the sick need is teachers not treaters, health schools not hospitals, instruction not treatment, education in right living not training the sick habit. Both they and their advisors must get rid of the curing idea and the practices built up thereon.
Herbert M. SheltonDeep within the human constitution lie written laws of nature that should guide man in the conduct of his life.
Herbert M. SheltonIt is always a much easier task to educate uneducated people than to re-educate the mis-educated.
Herbert M. SheltonSubstances that are injurious to the well are equally (or more so) injurious to the sick.
Herbert M. SheltonSo long as the processes of healing were not understood and man thought that the power to heal resided in substances and things outside of him, he logically sought for extrinsic means of healing, and a healing art was a logical development. The system of medicine, as we know it today, was a logical development out of the fallacy that healing power resides in extrinsic sources.
Herbert M. Shelton