Appendix 6 – Laws of Life

James Caleb Jackson

however until profuse sweating was produced.” (Also - Feb. 17, 1863 - Adventist Review and Sabbath Herald.)

Comment – This could be fatal; it is important to lower the temperature as soon as possible when there is a high fever.

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1883 Vol. 6 page 3.2 – “I then wrap the patient's throat and chest in wet bandages. .... with a wet cap upon his head, and hot flat-irons, or a jug of hot water, or hot dry woolen blankets at the feet.” (Also - Feb. 17, 1863 - Adventist Review and Sabbath Herald.)

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Why 14 – Treatment of Diphtheria (What 15) The treatment can equalise the circulation.

1862 Vol. 5 page 57.2 – “After this state of things has existed for time, the vital forces are able gradually to establish a healthful reaction, the circulation becomes equalised.”

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Why 15 – Infectious Disease (What 15) Diphtheria is not infectious.

1863 Vol. 6 page 1.1 – “It (diphtheria) is not a contagious disease, but only epidemic.” (Also - Feb. 17, 1863 - Adventist Review and Sabbath Herald.)

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Limit the number of people attending the sick.

1863 Vol. 6 page 3.3 – “Out of the family, therefore, two or three persons must be chosen to have the entire care of the case, until all danger is past, and no other members of the family must, on any pretence whatever, enter the room,” (Also - Feb. 17, 1863 - Adventist Review and Sabbath Herald.) Comment – This may apply to the very ill, but social contact is beneficial to recovery.

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What 17 – Rest after Birth

A new mother should stay in bed for 3 to 4 days.

1963 Vol. 6 page105.3 – “it is necessary that the patient (mother after confinement) should lie in bed for three or four days, and that when she does get up it should be with great care”

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Both males and females should have hair long enough to cover the neck.

1863 Vol. 6 page 188.2 – “hair should always be worn long enough to cover the nape of the neck.”

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What 19 - Chair

Sit in a chair that slopes to the back.

1862 Vol. 5 page 24.2 – “If you cut off the back legs of your chairs so that the back part of the seat be two inches lower than the front part,” (is advisable)