Babi na 23 — Cibiyoyin Lafiya

GSAM 358.1"ABOKINA ƙaunatacce, ina addu’a ka sami zaman lafiya don kome yă yi maka daidai, kamar yadda ruhunka yake zaune lafiya."¹

GSAM 358.2A ranar Asabar, 6 ga Yuni, 1863, Fasto White da matarsa sun halarci taron tanti da Fastoci Cornell da Lawrence suka shirya a Otsego, Mich. A wurin ne aka ba Misis White wahayi wanda ya bayyana mata batun gyaran lafiya. Tun daga wannan lokacin, an wallafa maƙaloli game da lafiya da rayuwa mai lafiya a cikin mujallar Review, kuma ta fara rubuta abin da aka bayyana mata game da lafiya. Wasu daga cikin wannan sun bayyana a Testimony No. 11, da kuma a cikin wani littafi mai taken, How to Live.

GSAM 358.3An gabatar da batun rayuwar lafiya da dangantakarta yadda ya kamata da ci gaban jiki, hankali, da na ruhaniya a gaban mutane cikin fitacce. A cikin mujallar Review ta 25 ga Oktoba, 1864, Fasto J. N. Andrews ya bayar da muhimman shawarwari masu zuwa kan wannan batu:—

GSAM 358J. N. Andrews kan Rayuwa Mai Lafiya

GSAM 358.4"Daina duk wani abin ci mai cutarwa, da kuma rayuwa cikin tsarki da daidaito a ƙarƙashin tasirin kyakkyawan koyarwa da murya ta zuciya ga Allah, na daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci ga lafiya mai kyau. Jikinmu haikalin Ruhu Mai Tsarki ne. Domin mu yi masa girmamawa da gaske a jikinmu kamar yadda muke yi a ruhunmu, lallai ya zama dole mu mallaki cikakken ƙarfi na dukkan ikon jikinmu! Godiya ta tabbata ga Allah da aka gabatar da wannan batu musamman ga mutanenmu a yanzu. Lafiya da ƙarfi na daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci a gare mu, kuma suna da matuƙar tasiri ga waɗanda za su shaida manyan abubuwan da za su faru a lokacin wahala."

GSAM 359.1An yi kira ga batun tsafta na Littafi Mai Tsarki da kamun kai na Kiristanci, ba kawai ta shafukan mujallar Review ba, har ma ta hannun masu wa’azinmu.

GSAM 359.2A Babban Taro, 20 ga Mayu, 1866, an ba da wannan umarni ta hannun Misis White (wanda ake samu a Testimony No. 11):—

GSAM 359Za a Samar da Cibiyar Lafiya

GSAM 359.3"An nuna mini cewa ya kamata mu tanadi gida ga masu fama da rashin lafiya, da kuma ga waɗanda ke son koyon yadda za su kula da jikinsu domin su hana kamuwa da cuta....

GSAM 359.4"Yayin da marasa bangaskiya za su je cibiyar da aka keɓe don maganin cututtuka cikin nasara, kuma likitocin da ke kiyaye Asabar ke gudanarwa, za su shiga kai tsaye ƙarƙashin tasirin gaskiya. Ta hanyar sanin mutanenmu da sahihin bangaskiyarmu, za a shawo kan son zuciyarsu, kuma za su sami kyakkyawan ra’ayi. Ta haka, wasu ba za su sami sauƙi daga naƙasun jiki kawai ba, har ma za su sami maganin warkarwa ga ruhunsu da ke fama da rashin lafiya saboda zunubi.

GSAM 359Hasashen Sakamako

GSAM 359.5"Yayin da lafiyar marasa lafiya ke inganta ƙarƙashin kulawa mai hikima, kuma suka fara jin daɗin rayuwa, suna samun amincewa ga waɗanda suka taimaka wajen dawo da lafiyarsu. Zuciyoyinsu cike suke da godiya, kuma kyawawan iri na gaskiya za su fi saurin samun masauki a can, kuma a wasu lokuta za a ciyar da su, su girma, su kuma haifar da ’ya’ya don ɗaukakar Allah. Rai ɗaya mai daraja da aka ceci zai fi duka abubuwan da ake bukata don kafa irin wannan cibiyar daraja....

GSAM 359.6"Wasu daga cikin waɗanda suka warke ko suka amfana sosai za su zama hanyar gabatar da bangaskiyarmu a sabbin wurare, da ɗaga tutar gaskiya a wuraren da ba za a iya samun damar shiga ba da ba a cire son zuciya daga zukata ba ta hanyar zama tsakanin mutanenmu don neman lafiya."

GSAM 360.1An yanke shawara da ƙuri’un haɗin kai na mutanenmu da suka taru, cewa da zarar zai yiwu a buɗe cibiyar kiwon lafiya a ko kusa da Battle Creek, kuma ta kasance ƙarƙashin gudanarwar likitancin Dr. H. S. Lay, wanda, baya ga ilimin likitancinsa na baya, ya shafe sama da shekara guda a cibiyar jinya da ruwa a Gabas don koyon hanyoyin maganin ruwa na warkar da cututtuka.

GSAM 360An Sayi Wuri don Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa

GSAM 360.2Kafa irin wannan cibiyar a wancan lokacin ya yi kama da babban aiki; kuma da ba don wannan shaida mai ƙarfafa gwiwa game da sakamakon ba, da an yi jinkiri wajen fara aikin. Amma maimakon jinkiri, kwanaki kaɗan ne kawai suka wuce bayan kammala taron kafin a sayi faɗin gidan zama na Alƙalin Graves, tare da kadada takwas na ƙasa, wanda ya ƙunshi kyawawan wuraren zama a West Battle Creek. An gina ƙarin bene mai hawa biyu a gefen wannan gini nan take don ya zama ɗakunan wanka. A cikin waɗannan gine-ginen ne aka buɗe Cibiyar Gyaran Lafiya.

GSAM 360.3A cikin mujallar Review ta 19 ga Yuni, 1866, an yi kiran gabaɗaya na farko don hannun jari a cibiyar. A cikin wannan lambar mujallar an bayyana cewa cocin Battle Creek, Mich., da Olcott, N.Y., sun riga sun yi rajistar hannun jari na adadin $2,625, ko hannun jari 105 na $25 kowanne. Tunda babu wata doka a Jihar Michigan da za a iya amfani da ita wajen kafa kamfani don gudanar da cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya, an ajiye dukiyar a hannun amana na ɗan lokaci har sai an kafa kamfanin.

GSAM 360An Fara Jaridar Lafiya

GSAM 360.4A ranar 1 ga Agusta, masu gudanarwa sun kuma fara wallafa mujallar lafiya ta wata-wata, mai shafuka sha shida tare da murfi, a cikin salo na mujalla. An kira ta Health Reformer. Ana ci gaba da wannan mujallar har yanzu, a ƙarƙashin sunan Good Health, kuma yanzu ita ce babbar mujallar lafiya a duniya. Wannan mujallar ba wai kawai ta tattauna ƙa’idodin lafiya da tsarkin rayuwa ba, har ma ta kasance wata hanya ta tallata cibiyar lafiya, wadda aka buɗe a hukumance ga marasa lafiya da masu masauki a ranar 5 ga Satumba, 1866. Don haka ga cibiyar nan, an siya, an tanada kayan aiki, kuma tana aiki cikin ƙasa da watanni huɗu tun lokacin da aka fara ambaton batun ga mutanenmu; kuma an yi rajistar jari na dala 11,000, inda babban kaso daga ciki aka riga aka biya.

GSAM 361An kafa Kamfanin Lafiya

GSAM 361.1A cikin hunturu na 1866-67 an kafa wata doka ta Majalisar Dokokin Michigan wadda ta ba da damar kafa kamfani don gudanar da cibiyar lafiya. A ranar 17 ga Mayu, 1867, an ɗauki wannan mataki, an amince da ƙa’idodin gudanarwa, kuma dukiyoyin ƙasa da sauran kadarori sun koma hannun amintattu da aka zaɓa bisa ƙa’ida. Jimillar hannun jarin da aka yi rajista har zuwa wannan rana ta kai $26,100; daga ciki an biya $18,264.87. Cibiyar tana da ƙwararrun ƙungiyar likitoci da masu taimako, kuma gine-ginen sun kusan cika da marasa lafiya, da dama daga cikinsu sun riga sun karɓi addininmu, bayan sun koyi game da mu a matsayin al’umma da gaskiya bayan zuwansu cibiyar.

GSAM 361Tufafin Lafiya

GSAM 361.2A kowane zamani kuma a kowane ƙasa, zuciyar halitta tana iya shafuwa da tasirin duniya, da alfahari da rayuwa, da hauka da salo. Shekarar 1863, a ƙasarmu, lokacin da aka nuna wa Misis White batun lafiya da sutura, ba ta bambanta ba, kamar yadda za a gani daga yadda matan suka yi kwaɗayin bin salon sanya siket masu zoben da ke faɗaɗa su da suka mamaye lokacin, inda girman su ya sa da yawa daga cikinsu su zama kamar suna tafiya cikin baloni da aka juya. A kusan wannan lokaci an gabatar da wasu salon sutura guda biyu masu tsanani waɗanda suka jawo muhawara mai yawa. Ƙaramin bayani a kan waɗannan, wataƙila, zai shirya mai karatu don ya fi fahimtar shaida da Misis White ta bayar game da sutura, wadda ake samu a cikin Testimony for the Church, No. 10.

GSAM 362An Hana Tsanani a Sutura

GSAM 362.1Salon sutura na farko da ya wuce kima shi ne sanya riguna masu dogon baya, daga inci goma zuwa rabin yadi ko fiye a tsayi, gwargwadon yadda mai sawa ya so. Sau da yawa ana barin su suna ja a ƙasa, kuma maza suka kira su "masu goge titi." Salon sutura na biyu da ya wuce kima ya kasance akasin haka kwata-kwata, kuma salon sa ya yi kama da na maza sosai yadda zai yiwu. Wannan salo ne waɗanda ke bin sahun Miss Bloomer suka ɗauka, shi ya sa aka kira shi "bloomer dress." A ƙarshe an canza sunan zuwa "American Costume." An gudanar da taruka a wurare daban-daban daga masu goyon bayan wannan sutura, kuma ’yan’uwanmu mata da yawa sun goyi bayan ɗaukar ta. Wasu sun sa ta.

GSAM 362Shaida kan Tambayar Kaya

GSAM 362.2Game da abin da aka nuna wa Misis White kan batun riga, zan ambaci wasu sakin layi kaɗan daga Testimony No. 11:—

GSAM 362.3"Mutanen biyayya na Allah su ne hasken duniya da gishirin ƙasa, kuma ya kamata su kasance kullum suna tuna cewa tasirinsu na da muhimmanci. Idan suka musanya doguwar riga matuƙa da gajeriyar riga matuƙa, za su, a babban mataki, lalata tasirinsu. Marasa bangaskiya, waɗanda wajibi ne a taimaka musu kuma a yi ƙoƙarin kai su ga Ɗan Rago na Allah, za su ji haushi. Ana iya yin gyare-gyare da dama a suturar mata dangane da lafiya ba tare da yin babban canji har ya fusata mai kallo ba.

GSAM 362Tufafin Gyara

GSAM 362.4"Ba a kamata a matse siffar jiki ko kaɗan da rigunan matse jiki da sandunan da ake yi da sassan bakin babban kifin teku mai shayarwa. Kaya ya kamata ya kasance mai sauƙi gaba ɗaya domin huhu da zuciya su yi aiki cikin ƙoshin lafiya. Rigar ya kamata ta kai ɗan ƙasa da saman takalmi, amma ta kasance gajere isasshe don kada ta taɓa datti a gefen titi da titi, ba tare da an ɗaga ta da hannu ba. Riga mafi gajarta fiye da wannan za ta dace, ta zama mai amfani, kuma mai lafiya ga mata yayin da suke yin aikin gida, musamman ga waɗanda ake tilasta su yin aikin waje.

GSAM 363Jiki Ya Kasance An Rufe Shi Daidai

GSAM 363.1"Ko da tsayin rigar ya kasance yaya, ya kamata a rufe ƙafafunsu sosai kamar yadda maza suke rufe nasu. Za a iya yin hakan ta hanyar sanya wando mai rufin ciki, wanda aka tattara cikin maɗauri aka daure a idon sawu, ko wanda aka yi cike kuma ya yi siriri a ƙasa; kuma ya kamata su sauko har su kai takalmi. Ƙafafu da idon sawu da aka rufe haka suna samun kariya daga iska. Idan aka rufe ƙafafu tun daga cinya har zuwa tafin sawu da tufafi masu ɗumi domin su ji daɗi, zagayowar jini za ta daidaita, kuma jini zai kasance mai tsabta da lafiya, saboda ba a sanyaya shi ba ko a hana shi ci gaba a cikin hanyarsa ta halitta ta jiki."

GSAM 363.2An gabatar da tsayin wannan sutura a matsayin matsakaici mai kyau tsakanin suturar da ke da dogon baya da kayan Amurka. Ba a ce dole ne kowa ya saka shi ba, amma an ce kada su ɗauki matakin hana tasirinsu, da kuma ƙyamar da waɗanda ya kamata su taimaka musu. Ba a ce dole ne su sa ƙafafunsu yadda aka bayyana a nan ba, amma an ce za a iya yin hakan. Idan an cimma wannan buri ta wata hanya, kamar yadda ake yin sa da dogayen kayan ciki da safaffin saƙa masu rufe ƙafafu, hakan zai yi daidai da wannan shaida.

GSAM 363Muhimman Guda Biyar na Tufafi Mai Lafiya

GSAM 363.3Za a lura cewa a cikin salon sutura da aka ba da shawara akwai muhimman abubuwa guda biyar ga sutura mai lafiya, wato:—

GSAM 363.41. Watsi da korset da duk wani matsa wa kugu.

GSAM 363.52. Cire duk wasu maɗaurai a hannaye ko ƙafafu da za su hana zagayowar jini yadda ya kamata.

GSAM 364.13. Rufe dukkan sassan jiki daidai, musamman ƙafafu da idon sawu.

GSAM 364.24. Rataye siket daga kafaɗu, kuma kada a bar su su rataya a kugu da igiya.

GSAM 364.35. Tsawon rigar.

GSAM 364.4Yanzu ana goyon bayan sharudda huɗu na farko daga kowane likita mai hankali, kuma game da na biyar, an daina amfani da dogon zane da rigar gajera ƙwarai.

GSAM 364Misis Jenness-Miller kan Kaya

GSAM 364.5A cikin shekarar 1890, Misis Jenness-Miller daga New York, a cikin mujallar sutura mai dacewa da lafiya mafi bin kimiyya a wannan zamani, ta yi kira ga mata su rage tsayin rigunansu a hankali, kada su yi sauyi mai tsanani, har sai sun kai kusan saman takalminsu na mata—daidai tsayin da Testimony No. 11 ta goyi baya.

GSAM 364Amincewar Dr. Trall

GSAM 364.6A shekarar 1868 an shirya wa Dr. R. T. Trall, na Kwalejin Hygieotherapeutic ta Florence Heights, N.J., ya gabatar da darussa na mako guda gaban masu wa’azinmu a Battle Creek, Mich., a ƙarshen watan Mayu. A lokacin darussan, likitan ya kasance baƙon Fasto White. Misis White ba ta halarci darussan ba, amma tunda likitan zai fita kowace rana a cikin keken tare da Fasto White da matarsa da kuma Fasto J. N. Andrews, an fahimci cewa zai saurari ra’ayoyinta game da tsaftar jiki, cututtuka da sanadiyarsu, tasirin magunguna, da sauransu. Ta yi magana ne kawai game da abin da aka nuna mata a wahayi, ba tare da bayyana tushen ilimin da ta samo ba. Likitin ya bayyana cewa kimiyyar likitanci ta yi daidai da ra’ayoyin da ta bayyana. Fasto Andrews ya gaya mini cewa a ƙarshen tattaunawar rana ta biyu, likitan ya tambayi Misis White a wane jami’a ta yi karatun kimiyyar likitanci. Ya yi mamaki lokacin da ya gano cewa ba ta taɓa nazarin waɗannan abubuwa ba, amma tana ba shi sakamakon abin da aka nuna mata a Otsego, Mich., a ranar 6 ga Yuni, 1863. Ya tabbatar mata cewa ra’ayoyinta duka sun yi daidai ƙwarai da ilimin halittar jiki da tsaftar jiki, kuma a kan yawancin batutuwan ta zurfafa fiye da yadda ya taɓa yi. Bayan kusan kwanaki biyar na irin waɗannan tafiye-tafiye da tattaunawa, likitan ya tambayi Fasto White dalilin da ya sa aka gayyace shi ya bar kwalejinsa don ba masu wa’azi darussa kan tsaftar jiki da lafiya a Battle Creek. Ya ce, "Misis White ta shirya yadda ya kamata don ta ba su darussan tsaftar jiki da suke bukata kamar ni."

GSAM 365Kimiyyar Lafiya Ta Amince

GSAM 365.1Rubuce-rubucenta da dama kan fannoni daban-daban na tsaftar rayuwa na tsawon shekaru suna hannun jama’a, kuma da yawa daga cikinsu yanzu an tattara su cikin wani littafi mai taken Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene. Wasu daga cikin likitoci mafi ilimi sun bayyana, bayan sun yi nazari sosai kan waɗannan rubuce-rubucen, cewa kimiyyar likitanci ta yi daidai da su gaba ɗaya. A wurinta, ba sakamakon karatu ba ne, sai dai rubuce ne kawai na abin da Ubangiji ya bayyana mata a wahayi.

GSAM 365Shaidar Dr. Kellogg

GSAM 365.2A matsayin shaida na yadda binciken kimiyyar likitanci ya yi daidai da abin da aka nuna wa Misis White a wahayi a shekarar 1863, zan ambaci wasu kalmomi daga gabatarwar littafin Christian Temperance da J. H. Kellogg, M.D., ya rubuta, wanda ke jagorantar cibiyar jinya da murmurewa mai shahara a duniya ta Battle Creek, Mich. Ya ce:—

GSAM 365.3"1. A lokacin da rubuce-rubucen da aka ambata suka fara bayyana, batun lafiya an kusan watsi da shi gaba ɗaya, ba wai kawai daga mutanen da aka nufa da su ba, har ma da duniya baki ɗaya.

GSAM 365.4"2. Kaɗan ne waɗanda ke goyon bayan bukatar gyara a halayen jiki, waɗanda suka yaɗa tare da goyon bayan ƙa’idodin gyara na gaskiya, kurakurai mafi bayyana, a wasu lokuta ma masu ƙyama.

GSAM 366.1"3. Babu ko a ina, babu ko da wanda ya gabatar da tsari mai daidaito da haɗin kai na gaskiyoyin tsaftar jiki, wanda ba shi da kuskure a bayyane kuma ya yi daidai da Littafi Mai Tsarki da ƙa’idodin addinin Kirista.

GSAM 366.2"A cikin irin waɗannan yanayi ne rubuce-rubucen da aka ambata suka bayyana. Ba a tabbatar da ƙa’idodin da aka koyar da su ta hanyar iko na kimiyya ba, sai dai an gabatar da su cikin sauƙi da bayyananne ta hannun wanda bai yi ikirarin mallakar ilimin kimiyya ba, amma yake ikirarin rubuta ne da taimakon da izinin hasken ilahiyya.

GSAM 366Ƙa’idojin Sun Tsaya Jarrabawa

GSAM 366.3"Ta yaya ƙa’idojin da aka gabatar a irin waɗannan yanayi na musamman kuma tare da irin waɗannan ikirarin ban mamaki suka tsaya jarrabawar lokaci da kwarewa? Wannan wata tambaya ce da ya dace a yi. Amsarta za a same ta a cikin gaskiyoyi da za a iya tabbatarwa sosai.... Ƙa’idodin da shekaru ashirin da biyar da suka wuce aka yi watsi da su gaba ɗaya ko aka yi musu izgili, sun sami karbuwa cikin natsuwa a cikin amincewa da girmamawa ta jama’a, har duniya ta manta cewa ba koyaushe ake karɓar su ba haka. Sabbin bincike a kimiyya da sabbin fassara na tsofaffin bayanai sun ci gaba da ƙara hujjojin tabbatarwa, har a yanzu kowace ɗaya daga cikin ƙa’idodin da aka yi kira fiye da shekaru ashirin da biyar da suka wuce an ƙarfafa ta ta mafi ƙarfi ta hanyar hujjojin kimiyya.

GSAM 366Shaidar Asalin Allah na Wahayoyin

GSAM 366.4"Tabbas, dole ne a ɗauke shi a matsayin abin mamaki, kuma hujja ce bayyananniya ta hangen nesa da jagorancin Allah, cewa a tsakiyar koyarwar da suka rikice kuma suka sabawa juna, waɗanda ke ikirarin ikon kimiyya da kwarewa, amma an karkatar da su ta ra’ayoyi masu tsanani kuma an hana su yin amfani da kyau saboda gaurayawar kuskure mai yawa,— dole ne a yarda cewa abu ne na ban mamaki, cewa wani mutum da bai yi ikirarin mallakar ilimin kimiyya ko kwarewa ba ya samu damar tsara, daga cikin rikice-rikice da tarin ra’ayoyi da kurakurai da wasu marubuta da masu tunani kaɗan suka gabatar kan batutuwan lafiya, wani tsarin ƙa’idodin tsafta mai jituwa, mai daidaito, kuma na gaskiya har tattaunawar, bincike, abubuwan da aka gano, da kwarewar shekaru ashirin da biyar ba su haifar da rushewar ko kaɗan daga cikin ƙa’idodin ba, sai dai sun taimaka wajen tabbatar da koyarwar da aka yi." An rubuta a "Battle Creek, Mich., 1890."

GSAM 367Ƙarin Faɗin Cibiyar Lafiya

GSAM 367.1A ƙarƙashin gudanarwar J. H. Kellogg, M.D., wanda ya shiga cibiyar a matsayin babban likita a shekarar 1876, an gano cewa bukatar magani ta yi yawa har a bazarar 1877 sai a samar da ƙarin wuri. An canza sunan cibiyar a shekarar 1876 daga Cibiyar Gyaran Lafiya zuwa Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa ta Likitanci da Tiyata, sannan a shekarar 1878 an gina sabon ginin babba.

GSAM 367.2Wannan gini yana da girman ƙafa 136 da 46, yana da bene huɗu sama da ƙasan gida. An dumama shi gaba ɗaya da tururi, kuma an haskaka shi da iskar gas. Ba da jimawa ba bayan buɗe shi, kusan ya cika da marasa lafiya da baƙi.

GSAM 367.3Har zuwa lokacin, abin da aka annabta a shekarar 1866 ta shaida ta Misis White game da cibiyar ya cika matuƙar ban mamaki. Gomomin mutane sun riga sun amince da hasken gaskiyar yanzu, waɗanda zuwansu cibiyar ya fara jawo hankalinsu ga mutanenmu domin neman lafiya.

GSAM 367Gidan Hutu na Lafiya na Karkara

GSAM 367.4A cikin mujallar Signs of the Times, ta ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1877, M. G. Kellogg, M.D., ɗan uwa na rabin jini na J. H. Kellogg, ya sanar cewa ya samu fili a gefen Dutsen Howell, mil biyu da rabi arewa maso gabas daga St. Helena, Ƙaramar Hukumar Napa, California, kuma yana shirin gina wani gini da za a kira shi "Gidan Hutu na Lafiya na Karkara," wanda zai kasance a gefen Crystal Springs. A cikin hunturu na 1877-78 an gina wani gini, kuma aka buɗe shi don kula da marasa lafiya a farkon shekarar 1878. Wannan wurin hutun lafiya, kamar cibiyar uwa, cibiyar jinya da murmurewa a Battle Creek, ba wai kawai ya girma a girma ba, har ila yau ya kasance wuri inda mutane da yawa aka kawo su ga sanin saƙon da karɓar sa.

GSAM 368Pacific Health Journal

GSAM 368.1Lokacin ranin 1885 ya kasance wani lokaci mai cike da abubuwan farin ciki na ci gaba a kan aikin saƙon mala’ika na uku. A ranar farko ta Mayu, an miƙa Gidan Hutu na Lafiya na Karkara a St. Helena ƙarƙashin gudanarwar likita mai cikakken digiri. A watan Yuni ne aka fara wallafa mujallar Pacific Health Journal and Temperance Advocate kowane mako biyu, wata mujalla mai shafuka 24 ƙarƙashin kulawar edita, Fasto J. H. Waggoner. Ta waɗannan hanyoyi ne sabuwar rayuwa ta zo wa cibiyar kiwon lafiya, wadda maimakon ta yi asara kamar shekarun baya, ta fara nuna, daga shekara zuwa shekara, riba bayan cire duk kuɗaɗen kashewa tsakanin dala 2,000 zuwa 4,000 a kowace shekara, har zuwa shekarar da ta ƙare a Afrilu, 1891, inda ta nuna riba bayan cire duk kuɗaɗen kashewa fiye da dala 12,000.

GSAM 368.2A taron Rural Health Retreat Association a St. Helena, 1887, an bayar da wannan bayanin game da harkokin kuɗi na cibiyar: A ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1885, darajar cibiyar bayan cire basussuka ta kai $5,322.76 kawai, wato $2,547.24 ƙasa da jimillar hannun jarin da aka fitar zuwa wannan rana. Wato, cibiyar ta yi amfani da duk ribarta da kuma $2,547.24 na babban jarin ta. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1887, darajar cibiyar bayan cire dukkan basussukanta ta kai $21,372.64, wato ribar da aka samu a cikin watanni ashirin da uku ta kasance $16,049.88. Daga cikin wannan adadin, an ɗauki hannun jari na dala 5,280, kuma an ba da gudummawa ga cibiyar na dala 2,497.60; don haka a ayyukan cibiyar an samu ribar da ta rage bayan cire kuɗaɗen kashewa, wato dala 8,272.28. A kusan wannan lokaci ne aka fara wallafa mujallar Pacific Health Journal a matsayin mujalla ta shafi 32 a kowane wata, mai murfi, kuma aka gano cewa tana da matuƙar amfani wajen inganta muradun da ƙa’idojin cibiyar.

GSAM 369Aikin Sadaka

GSAM 369.1A cikin mujallar Medical Missionary, watan Janairu, 1891, yayin da yake magana game da Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa ta Battle Creek, Dr. J. H. Kellogg ya ce:—

GSAM 369.2"Kulawar jinƙai da aka yi a cikin shekaru ashirin da biyar da cibiyar ta wanzu ya kai sama da $100,000, sau da yawa fiye da jarin da aka fara zuba.

GSAM 369.3"Baya ga aikin jinƙai da aka ambata, cibiyar ta tura masu gabatar da lacca, ma’aikatan jinya, masu koyarwa a makarantun girki, da sauran mutane da aka horar don fannoni daban-daban na aikin bishara."

GSAM 369Kiran Tallafi ga Marayu

GSAM 369.4A Babban Taro, 8 ga Maris, 1891, Dr. Kellogg ya yi kira mai ƙarfi a madadin marayu. Ya ce: "Na ga an naɗa ni 'wakili na gabaɗaya wanda ba na wani yanki kaɗai ba,' kuma zan wakilci waɗanda ba a wakilce su ba—marayu, waɗanda ba su da wanda zai kula da su."

GSAM 369Kyautar Dala 30,000 ta Misis Haskell

GSAM 369.5A cikin mujallar Home Missionary, watan Janairu, 1892, an yi kira mai ƙarfi don neman kuɗaɗe da za a samar da gida ga yaran marayu. A cikin wannan mujallar akwai sunayen waɗanda alkawuran su na gidan suka kai $17,716—adadi ƙanana, a ganin masu tallafawa aikin, don irin wannan babban aiki, don haka an ji tsoron jinkiri wajen aiwatar da aikin. Amma Shi wanda ya ga ƙarshe tun daga farko, kuma shi ne mai "shanu a kan dubban tuddai," ya tsara abubuwa ta yadda wata mata mai arziki wadda ba ta addininmu ba, Misis Caroline E. Haskell, daga Chicago, gwauruwar Mista Frederick Haskell, da ta ji labarin wannan aikin jin kai da ake shirin yi, nan take ta miƙa wa kwamitin ginin adadin dala 30,000, tare da sharaɗi mai sauƙi cewa a yi amfani da shi gaba ɗaya wajen gina gidan marayu bisa ga tsare-tsaren da aka gabatar a baya, a gudanar da shi cikin ruhin faɗi da yalwa, kuma a kira cibiyar Gidan Tunawa na Haskell don tunawa da mijinta da ya rasu.

GSAM 370.1Da wannan kuɗi da aka samar, Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association ta samu damar, a cikin shekara, gina da buɗe ginin a matsayin gidan marayu. An kaddamar da wannan gini a ranar 25 ga Janairu, 1894. A mafi yawan lokacin tun daga wannan rana, iyalin da ya ƙunshi marayu, masu taimako, da malamai, ya kasance yana da matsakaicin mutum ɗari.

GSAM 370Gidan Tunawa na James White

GSAM 370.2Baya ga kula da kuma tallafawa waɗannan marayu, wannan ƙungiya tana gudanar da wata cibiyar agaji, wadda ake kira Gidan Tunawa na James White, inda sama da mutane ashirin tsofaffi marasa matsuguni ke samun kulawa da jin daɗi.

GSAM 370Ma’aikatan Mishan na Kiwon Lafiya

GSAM 370.3A cikin wannan fannin aiki, an ɗauki wani ƙarin mataki mai ƙarfi lokacin da aka fara horar da ma’aikatan mishan na kiwon lafiya. Don yabawa wannan ƙoƙari na ɗaga darajar ɗan adam, Misis White, a lokacin da take rubuto daga Preston, Ostiraliya, a ranar 16 ga Satumba, 1892, ta ce:—

GSAM 370.4"Ina fatan a sami mutane ɗari a cikin horo a inda yanzu akwai ɗaya. Ya kamata haka ya kasance. Maza da mata za su iya zama masu amfani fiye a matsayin ’yan mishan na kiwon lafiya fiye da kasancewa ’yan mishan ba tare da ilimin likitanci ba."

GSAM 370.5Adadin waɗanda suka ɗauki kwas na koyarwa a matsayin shiri kafin shiga hidimar rayuwa irin wannan ya ƙaru sosai tun bayan an rubuta abin da ke sama.

GSAM 370Ci gaban Aikin Lafiya

GSAM 370.6A cikin mujallar Medical Missionary, watan Janairu, 1894, akwai gajeriyar bayanin da ke gabatar da abubuwa masu ban sha’awa game da ci gaban aikin kiwon lafiya. Ga yadda yake:

GSAM 371.1"An kafa Cibiyar Gyaran Lafiya a shekarar 1866.... An sayi wani ƙaramin gidan katako, gidan zama na kashin kai a wuri mai daɗi da lafiya a kan tuddai na Battle Creek, ɗaya daga cikin biranen Michigan da ke tasowa. Likita biyu, masu kula da wanka biyu, nas ɗaya (ba a horar da ita ba), masu taimako uku ko huɗu, majinyaci ɗaya, da duk wata irin rashin jin daɗi, da kuma babban imani da makomar cibiyar da ƙa’idojin da aka kafa ta a kansu—wannan shi ne farkon wannan aikin. An san ta da sunan Cibiyar Gyaran Lafiya.

GSAM 371.2"A kan filin ƙaramin gidan asali yanzu akwai gini mai tsayin ƙafa 312 da zurfin ƙafa 100, mai hawa shida, wanda ke ɗaukar baƙi ɗari uku, an tanadar masa da duk kayan aikin da kimiyyar zamani za ta iya bayarwa don kula da dawo da lafiyar marasa lafiya. Likitoci goma, mafi yawansu ƙwararru ne a fannoni daban-daban, sune ke ɗaukar nauyin ɓangaren likitanci. Ma’aikatan jinya da sauran masu taimako sun kafa wata iyali mai yawan sama da ɗari uku, kuma masu halartar cibiyar sun fito daga kowace jiha a Tarayya, da kuma baƙi da dama daga ƙasashen waje. Ƙofofinta koyaushe suna buɗe wa mai wa’azi, na cikin gida ko na ƙasashen waje, ko daga wace ɗarika yake, kuma iyalin ba sa yawan kasancewa ba tare da ɗaya ko fiye daga cikin waɗannan baƙi ba.

GSAM 371Asibitin Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa

GSAM 371.3"An gina asibitin a shekarar 1888, gini mai faɗin ƙafa 100 x 60, mai hawa biyar. Ana amfani da uku daga cikin benayen sama na ginin don sashen tiyata na cibiyar jinya da murmurewa, ɗakunan marasa lafiya, da wuraren kwana. Ofisoshin aikin jin kai na cibiyar ma suna nan. Anan akwai ƙananan gidaje guda ashirin, da dama daga cikinsu ana dumama su da tururi, kuma ana haskaka su da wutar lantarki kamar ginin babba, suna kewaye da shi, kuma cike suke da majinyata ko ɗalibai. An kafa makarantar horar da nas na aikin mishan na likitanci a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1884. A cikin watanni shida na farko, an yi rijistar ɗalibai talatin da biyar."

GSAM 372Hasashen Ma’aikata Masu Fita

GSAM 372.1A cikin magana game da cibiyar lafiya da ke St. Helena, California, Misis White, a cikin wata wasiƙa da aka rubuta daga Tramelan, Switzerland, a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 1887, ta ce:—

GSAM 372.2"Allah ya ce idan maza da ke da alaƙa da wannan cibiyar za su yi tafiya cikin tawali’u da biyayya, suna yin nufin Allah, za ta rayu ta yi bunƙasa; kuma daga gare ta za a tura ’yan mishan don su yi wa wasu albarka da hasken da Allah ya ba su. Waɗannan za su rushe gumaka a wurare masu girma cikin ruhin Yesu; za su fallasa camfi, su dasa gaskiya, tsarki, da tsarkaka inda a yanzu ake ciyar da kuskure, biyan sha’awar kai, rashin kamun kai, da mugunta kawai."

GSAM 372.3Muna ambaton waɗannan kalmomi, domin suna daidai da sauran irin waɗannan cibiyoyi.

GSAM 372An Yi Alkawarin Nasara a Aikin Lafiya

GSAM 372.4A cikin shaida ta musamman da aka bayar wa coci a shekarar 1891, muna karanta: "Albarkar Allah za ta sauka kan duk ƙoƙarin da ake yi don tayar da sha’awa ga gyaran lafiya; domin ana bukatar sa a ko’ina. Dole ne a sami farfaɗowa game da wannan batu; domin Allah yana niyyar yin abubuwa da yawa ta wannan hanyar."

GSAM 372Kwalejin Mishan Likitanci ta Amurka

GSAM 372.5Mataki bayan mataki haske ya ci gaba kan hanyar hankali ta magance cuta har sai a watan Yuni, 1895, an samu bukatar kafa cibiyar ilimin likitanci. Don cika wannan bukata, an kafa Kwalejin Mishan Likitancin Amurka don musamman horar da likitoci su yi aiki ƙarƙashin Seventh-day Adventist Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, a cikin gida da ƙasashen waje. An gudanar da bikin kaddamarwa a Battle Creek, ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1895, kuma an buɗe kwalejin a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, tare da ajin ɗalibai arba’in.

GSAM 372.6A cikin sanarwar kwalejin mun karanta:

GSAM 372.6"An kafa kwalejin a Chicago, bisa ga dokokin Jihar Illinois. Tsarin karatun zai kasance cikakke kamar na mafi kyawun makarantun likitanci a Amurka. Za a gudanar da koyarwa wani ɓangare a Chicago, wani ɓangare kuma a Battle Creek, Mich."

GSAM 373.1Game da waɗanda ke shirin aikin bishara na likitanci, mun karanta abin da ke tafe a mujallar Medical Missionary, watan Agusta, 1895:

GSAM 373.1"Ajin nasoshi da ke karatu a yanzu a Makarantar Horar da Nasoshi ta Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa ta Battle Creek ya kai sama da 250; kowanne daga cikinsu da ya cancanci yin aikin bishara ta likitanci an ba shi matsayi. Ana bukatar nasoshi don Tsibiran Tekun Kudanci, Indiya, Tsibiran Indiya ta Yamma, Kudancin Amurka, ashirin da biyar ko talatin don Jihohin Kudancin Amurka, da manyan biranenmu."

GSAM 373Ci gaban Aikin Bisharar Lafiya

GSAM 373.2A bikin kammala karatu na ajin Nasu Masu Bishara na Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa, da aka gudanar a Tabernacle, 5 ga Nuwamba, 1895, Dr. Kellogg ya ce:—

GSAM 373.3"Shekaru goma sha biyu da suka wuce, a wani irin wannan taro, ma’aikatan jinya biyu sun kammala karatu. A halin yanzu akwai ƙungiyar nas tsakanin ɗari uku zuwa ɗari huɗu. Akwai likitoci sha tara a cibiyar jinya da murmurewa, da ashirin da biyu a irin waɗannan cibiyoyi, da suka yi alaƙa kaɗan da cibiyar jinya da murmurewa, kuma ƙarƙashin kulawar Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association. Nas 53 daga cikin namu suna ƙasashen waje daban-daban,—a Sweden, Tsohuwar Mexico, Gold Coast na Afirka, Ostiraliya, Afirka ta Kudu, Denmark, Indiya, Sabuwar Zelanda, Samoa, da British Guiana. Akwai ɗaliban likitanci 63 a halin yanzu suna horo. 41 daga cikinsu suna nan, 22 a Jami’ar Michigan da sauran makarantu. Nas 22 za su kammala karatu a nan daren yau, waɗanda suka shirya gaba ɗaya don fita a matsayin nas da aka amince da su."

GSAM 373.4A cikin bibiyar ci gaban cibiyoyin kiwon lafiyarmu har zuwa shekarar 1902, mun gano cewa Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa ta Battle Creek, tare da kwalejin likitanci da makarantar horo ga ma’aikatan jinya, ita ce cibiyar irin wannan mafi girma a duniya mallakar Adventistoci na Rana ta Bakwai.

GSAM 374Manyan Gine-ginen Sun Konu

GSAM 374.1A daren 18 ga Fabrairu, 1902, babban ginin, tare da kayan aikin sa na zamani, da babban asibitin, suka ƙone gaba ɗaya. A lokacin, akwai marasa lafiya da baƙi ɗari huɗu a cikin gine-ginen, amma ta ƙoƙarin jarumawa na likitoci, ma’aikatan jinya, da masu taimako, da kuma ta musamman kariyar Ubangiji, an ceto su duka ba tare da munanan rauni ba.

GSAM 374Sabuwar Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa

GSAM 374.2An gina wani gini, mafi girma kuma mafi ƙarfi fiye da na baya, a wurin tsofaffin gine-ginen. An sanya tubalin kusurwa na ginin yanzu a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 1902, kuma an kaddamar da ginin a ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1903. Manajoji na cibiyar sun ce game da sabon ginin cewa "yana da ƙarfi kuma mai ɗorewa gwargwadon yadda za a iya yin gini da ƙarfe, dutse, bulo, da siminti.

GSAM 374.3"Kayan aikin cibiyar a kowane fanni su ne mafi zamani, cikakke, masu tsafta, masu dacewa, kuma masu ɗorewa da za a iya samu; kuma ana ganin cewa, yanzu da aka kammala ta, Cibiyar Jinya da Murmurewa ta Battle Creek tana ba da abubuwan more rayuwa da sauƙi ga marasa lafiya waɗanda tabbas ba a wuce su ba.

GSAM 374.4"Manufar masu kula da cibiyar ita ce su tattara a wuri guda kuma a ƙarƙashin yanayi mai kyau, duk sabbin hanyoyi da kayan aikin maganin marasa lafiya da ake amincewa da su a likitancin kimiyya, sannan su yi amfani da waɗannan hanyoyin cikin gaskiya da basira."

GSAM 374Za a Kafa Cibiyoyin Jinya da Murmurewa da Yawa

GSAM 374.5Hasken da aka isar wa mutane shi ne cewa Ubangiji yana so a sami cibiyoyin jinya da murmurewa da yawa, masu matsakaicin girma, a faɗin duniya, maimakon a sami wasu manyan cibiyoyi kaɗan. Muna farin cikin lura cewa an fara buɗe ƙananan cibiyoyin jinya da murmurewa a sassa daban-daban na duniya, musamman a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. A cikin General Conference Year Book na 1904 akwai jerin sunayen sama da rabi na ɗari na waɗannan ƙananan cibiyoyi.

GSAM 375Jerin Cibiyoyin Jinya da Murmurewa

GSAM 375.1Ko da yake zai iya zama abin sha’awa a bayyana yanayin da ya haifar da kafa su, dole ne mu, a cikin wannan taƙaitaccen fili, mu tsaya ga jerin ƙasashen da suke, da kuma adadinsu a kowace ƙasa. Mun sami a Amurka, 35; Birtaniya, 3; Jamus, 1; Switzerland, 1; Denmark, 1; Norway, 1; Sweden, 1; Afirka ta Kudu, 1; Ostiraliya, 2; Sabuwar Zelanda, 1; Tsibirin Samoa, 1; Tsohuwar Mexico, 1; Indiya, 1; Japan, 1.

GSAM 375Jerin Ɗakunan Magani

GSAM 375.2Baya ga waɗannan cibiyoyin jinya da murmurewa, akwai ɗakunan magani ashirin da biyu, goma sha bakwai daga cikinsu suna Amurka; ɗaya a Jaffa, ɗaya a Urushalima, Filastinu; ɗaya a Guadalajara, Tsohuwar Mexico; ɗaya a Kimberley, Afirka ta Kudu; da ɗaya a Rockhampton, Ostiraliya. Bugu da ƙari ga waɗannan, akwai gidajen cin abincin tsirrai ashirin da shida inda mutane za su iya samun abinci mai tsafta da lafiya, kuma su sami ƙarin ko kaɗan darasi game da yadda ya kamata a rayu.

GSAM 375.3Waɗannan ƙididdiga game da ci gaban ƙa’idodin gyaran lafiya suna nuna yadda Ubangiji zai "cika babban aiki ta wannan hanyar," kamar yadda aka annabta a 1866; kuma suna nuna, kamar yadda aka annabta a 1863, yadda "ƙa’idodin gyaran lafiya" za su taka rawa wajen "shirya mutane don a ɗauke su zuwa sama lokacin zuwan Ubangiji." Don haka, waɗannan cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya su ƙaru sau ɗari, kuma ba da jimawa ba su cika abin da aka naɗa su kuma aka tsara su don yi.