An introductory discourse, delivered to the lunatics in the asylum, city of New-York, August 31, 1819 / by John Stanford.

  • Stanford, John, 1754-1834.
Date:
1821
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Credit: An introductory discourse, delivered to the lunatics in the asylum, city of New-York, August 31, 1819 / by John Stanford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. To produce your recovery, be persuaded, that God can bless the medical attention which you constantly receive from the physicians in this Institution. In the Book of Ecclesiasticus, chapter the 38th, you are informed, that the Lord createth the physician. He giveth him talents to discover the nature, causes and progress of dis- eases, whether of body or mind. And the Lord, who is equally said to create medicines out of the earth, giveth knowledge to the physician to ex- plore their qualities and virtues which are adapt- ed to relieve our complaints; for with such, doth God heal men, and take away their pain. In the same chapter, it is required, that the patient should honour the physician with the honour due unto him. for the uses you may have of him. This therefore forms a necessary direction, that you should submit to the prescriptions and the orders of your physicians. And, at the same time, the chapter to which I have referred, will dictate the more important duty of prayer to your God, for a blessing upon their efforts for your happy re- covery; knowing that it is the Lord alone, who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; and who crowneth thee with loving kind- ness and tender mercies. Psalm 103.