"The MOVEMENT from place to place will SOON be hedged up with all kinds of DIFFICULTIES": So Spoke Someone Never Laying Pretensions Upon the Prophetic Gift, but what saith you?
Regarding selfsame author, the book Prophet of The End, by Vance Ferrell, states the following:
In 1865, Ellen White commented that "rooms that are not exposed to light and air become damp...The atmosphere in these rooms is poisonous, because it has not been purified by light and air."
And further: "Death-producing germs abound in dark, neglected corners."
And to top it all off, take the following (added commentary) in: The solution given was "perfect cleanliness, plenty of sunlight, careful attention to sanitation" and "thorough ventilation and plenty of sunlight. Let there be a current of air and an abundance of light in every room in the house."
There's more, folks, but I'll leave you to ponder that for now, before - in a short while - adding the real clincher, a major scientific discovery eighty years on, which fully authenticated Ms White's 'insights'...
A good month (Anzac Day, April 25th) on...
To continue the above passage, verbatim...
It was eighty years later that Dr. Lawrence P. Garrod, professor of bacteriology at the University of London performed studies on the effect of light on bacteria in the dust of sickrooms. His surprising disclosure came as a bombshell to the medical world: Dust on the floor near the beds of patients suffering from an infectious disease contained many of the bacteria that produced the disease. And this was also true of the dust under the bed and in every dark place in the room. But an analysis of dust near the window, on the window sill, and on the window itself contained no disease-producing bacteria. And Dr. Garrod found this to be true even in rooms that never had direct sunlight, due to a northern exposure. Additional research revealed that these facts remained consistent even in winter when less light was available, and it had to penetrate two layers of glass. "It must now be recognized that ordinary diffuse daylight, even on a cloudy day and even in winter in England, can be lethal [deadly] to bacteria, and that glass is no absolute bar to this effect."
[My own footnote]. Sure, she's referring to bacteria (as opposed to viruses) here, but N.B., it's still in the immediate context of infectious disease, and vis-a-vis the actual conditions of patient sickrooms.
In 1865, Ellen White commented that "rooms that are not exposed to light and air become damp...The atmosphere in these rooms is poisonous, because it has not been purified by light and air."
And further: "Death-producing germs abound in dark, neglected corners."
And to top it all off, take the following (added commentary) in: The solution given was "perfect cleanliness, plenty of sunlight, careful attention to sanitation" and "thorough ventilation and plenty of sunlight. Let there be a current of air and an abundance of light in every room in the house."
There's more, folks, but I'll leave you to ponder that for now, before - in a short while - adding the real clincher, a major scientific discovery eighty years on, which fully authenticated Ms White's 'insights'...
A good month (Anzac Day, April 25th) on...
To continue the above passage, verbatim...
It was eighty years later that Dr. Lawrence P. Garrod, professor of bacteriology at the University of London performed studies on the effect of light on bacteria in the dust of sickrooms. His surprising disclosure came as a bombshell to the medical world: Dust on the floor near the beds of patients suffering from an infectious disease contained many of the bacteria that produced the disease. And this was also true of the dust under the bed and in every dark place in the room. But an analysis of dust near the window, on the window sill, and on the window itself contained no disease-producing bacteria. And Dr. Garrod found this to be true even in rooms that never had direct sunlight, due to a northern exposure. Additional research revealed that these facts remained consistent even in winter when less light was available, and it had to penetrate two layers of glass. "It must now be recognized that ordinary diffuse daylight, even on a cloudy day and even in winter in England, can be lethal [deadly] to bacteria, and that glass is no absolute bar to this effect."
[My own footnote]. Sure, she's referring to bacteria (as opposed to viruses) here, but N.B., it's still in the immediate context of infectious disease, and vis-a-vis the actual conditions of patient sickrooms.
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