God Arises
The Life We Seek
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result that man has become little better than a
tormented soul. With one hand it doles out
medicine, while with the other it administers
poison. An excerpt from an essay on God in
Medical Practice, by the American physician and
surgeon, Paul Earnest Adolph, provides us with
interesting evidence in this regard:
“Back in my medical school days I learned a
basic materialistic concept of the changes
which take place in body tissues as the result
of injury. Studying sections of tissue under
the microscope I perceived that, as a result of
the various favourable influences which are
brought to bear upon the tissues, satisfactory
repair takes place. When I subsequently
entered upon my career of hospital intern it
was with a degree of confidence that I did
so—confident that I understood injury and
the healing process to the extent that I could
be sure of a favourable outcome when the
appropriate mechanical and medicinal factors
for the promotion of healing were brought
into play. I was soon to find out, however,
that I had neglected to integrate into my
