Reflecting today on the case of a poor woman who had continual pain in her stomach,
I could not but remark the inexcusable negligence of most physicians in cases of this nature.
They prescribe drug upon drug without knowing a jot of the matter concerning the root of
the disorder. And without knowing this, they cannot cure, though they can murder, the
patient. Whence came this woman's pain? (which she would never have told, had she never
been questioned about it) from fretting for the death of her son. And what availed medicines
while that fretting continued? Why then do not all physicians consider how far bodily disorders are caused or influenced by the mind, and in those cases, which are utterly out of
their sphere, call in the assistance of a minister; as ministers, when they find the mind disordered by the body, call in the assistance of a physician? But why are these cases out of
their sphere? Because they know not God. It follows, no man can be a thorough physician
without being an experienced Christian.
The Journal of John Wesley
The Journal of John Wesley
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