The seriously ill require quiet and rest, and visits from callers can cause harmful exhaustion.
Draft interpretation · MH 222.1
Original passage
It is misdirected kindness, a false idea of courtesy, that leads to much visiting of the sick. Those who are very ill should not have visitors. The excitement connected with receiving callers wearies the patient at a time when he is in the greatest need of quiet, undisturbed rest.
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