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Chapter 2—Ellen White’s Sickness
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Since Ellen White has been dead for many years, it is obviously impossible to make a diagnosis of her case on the basis of direct clinical evidence. Both critics and defenders must reach their conclusions on the basis of available records.ViOSe 9.1
The oldest and most reliable description of Ellen White’s childhood injury and its long-term effects comes from Mrs. White herself. It reads as follows:ViOSe 9.2
I turned to see how far she [the angry schoolmate] was behind me, and as I turned, the stone hit me on my nose. I fell senseless. When I revived, I found myself in a merchant’s store, the blood streaming from my nose, my garments covered with blood, and a large stream of blood on the floor.
A kind stranger offered to take me home in his carriage. I knew not how weak I was, and told him I should greatly soil his carriage with blood, and that I could walk home. Those present were not aware that I was so seriously injured. I had walked but a few rods when I grew dizzy and faint. My twin sister and my schoolmate carried me home. I have no recollection of anything for some time after the accident. My mother says that I noticed nothing, but lay in a stupid state for three weeks....
As I aroused to consciousness, it seemed to me that I had been asleep. I was not aware of the accident, and knew not the cause of my sickness. 1Ellen G. White, Spiritual Gifts 2:7, 8, (Washington, D. C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1860, 1944). For other accounts by Ellen White, see Testimonies for the Church 1:9, 10 (Boise, Id.: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1948), and Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, 17, 18 (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1915, 1943). These accounts vary slightly in wording and minor details but are in substantial agreement.