Dear Sister ___________,
Thank you for contacting the Ellen G. White Estate. Arthur L. White refers to this experience in the last volume of his six-volume biography of Mrs. White. Here is the brief entry that appears there:
In mid-March she commenced a course of treatments at St. Helena Sanitarium for suspected skin cancer. She explained:
For several weeks I took treatment with the X-ray for the
black spot that was on my forehead. In all I took twenty-three
treatments, and these succeeded in entirely removing the mark.
For this I am very grateful.--Letter 30, 1-1. {6BIO 344}
I hope this helps. Thank you for writing, and God bless!
William Fagal
Associate Director
Ellen G. White Estate
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600 U.S.A.
Phone: 301 680-6550
FAX: 301 680-6559
E-mail: mail@WhiteEstate.org
Web: www.WhiteEstate.org
PLEASE HELP!! I have gotten into a very profound discussion with someone with respect to health reform (an avid SDA). I have given him several quotes from the Spirit of Prophecy and he says he agrees but defends modern medicine in his responses, contradicting himself. Now, he claims that Sister White had cancer of the skin (forehead), couldn't relieve it with natural remedies, and so she had some type of radiation. PLEASE give me any info you can as to the verity of this man's statement, or the falsehood of it.
Thank you so much
Love,
Sister ___________