Health and Healing

Alternative Therapies Holistic Health Natural Medicine Christian Healing Pentecostal Theology Faith-Based Wellness

Health and Healing by Lilian B. Yeomans M.D. is a rare 1920s-era Christian wellness textbook that blends the author’s dual authority as a trained physician and a Pentecostal evangelist to explore divine healing without dismissing sound medical knowledge. Yeomans—once a practicing surgeon—documents her own conversion from drugs to Bible-based prayer, yet she refuses sensationalism; instead she offers balanced, step-by-step guidance on how faith, diet, rest, and natural remedies can cooperate with God’s power. The result is a concise, easy-to-follow manual that still feels refreshingly modern for readers who want a Christ-centered alternative to today’s heavy reliance on pharmaceuticals.

Collectors prize this Gospel Publishing paperback because it captures the early-20th-century holiness movement at its zenith, before later prosperity doctrines overshadowed its practical holiness message. Unlike brittle, browned copies that often surface, this particular copy is in very good condition: crisp, unmarked pages, no ex-library stamps, no dog-eared corners, and no prior owner inscriptions—an increasingly scarce find on the used market. Young adults, Bible-college students, and holistic-health seekers alike value the book’s cultural snapshot of a time when “alternative therapy” meant prayer, fasting, and plant-based living rather than New Age experimentation.

For the faith-based reader who wants a trustworthy, non-extreme introduction to spiritual healing, or the collector hunting a clean first-edition example of Pentecostal medical literature, Health and Healing delivers both practical wisdom and historical significance in one slim, affordable volume.

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