Harold Shryock, M.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy, Loma Linda University, Medical School
Articles by Harold Shryock, M.D.
Some Relations Between Mind and Body
August 1941
It is common knowledge that distressing mental attitudes have an unfavorable effect upon the functioning of the various organs of the body, so that the individual who is harboring feelings of intense anxiety, for example,…
Principles of Mental Hygiene
November 1943
In Part I Doctor Shryock presented a definition of mental hygiene, the causes and early symptoms of mental ill-health. He discussed the Prevention of mental ill-health, showing the part the home and the school…
Principles of Mental Hygiene
October 1943
'God would have us avail ourselves of every means of cultivating and strengthening our intellectual powers."—"Fundamentals of Christian Education," p. 165.
Why People Drink Alcohol
September 1944
It has been estimated recently that 40 percent of the inhabitants of the United States who are of drinking age use alcoholic beverages.1 In view of the abundant evidence that alcohol is harmful, it is surprising that…
What Can We Do for the Alcoholic?
October 1944
A Drowning man 'is supposed to rise three times before he finally gives up his fight for life. A typical alcoholic, however, falls into and rises from his alcoholic tendency so many times that his falling and rising becomes…
Psychological Effects of Alcohol
August 1944
During 1943 Americans spent $6,000,000, 000 for alcoholic beverages. This expenditure was 17 percent greater than the amount spent in 1942 and 80 per cent greater than that for 1939. The 1943 liquor bill equals…
Religion a Health-promoting Factor
January 1946
Ask any Bible student to quote a text that advocates healthful living, and he will probably mention the first part of 3 John 2, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health."…
The Minister as a Marriage Counselor (Part 1)
November 1968
GOOD morning, Doc. I came to see if you can help me save my soul." These were the words of a forty-year-old wife as she entered my office for the first of a series of talks about her marriage problems.
Even…
The Minister as a Marriage Counselor (Concluded)
January 1969
THERE is no outline of interview for marriage counseling that suits every case. Best results are usually obtained when the inter view is conducted informally. It requires greater effort, perhaps, to conduct a profitable informal interview,…
Illness: Predisposing Conditions
December 1972
WE ARE now at a time in the world's history when the human organism is approaching its lowest ebb of inherent vital energy. We possess only the limited amount of resistance to disease that has been handed on to us after many generations of…
Illness: Fundamental Causes
November 1972
Where did illness come from?
The answer to this question can be approached by several routes as indicated by the questions, What is the fundamental cause of illness? What circumstance introduced illness to the earth? Who was responsible…