Concept of health & Disease by Dr. H.C. Allen and Dr. J.T. Kent: A Review Article
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Health, for both Dr. J.T. Kent and Dr. H.C. Allen, is not just “no disease”; it is a state of dynamic balance in which the inner, immaterial life principle governs the body harmoniously and allows the human being to fulfil moral, intellectual and social purposes. Disease, in turn, is a disturbance of this dynamic “simple substance” or vital force, which begins deep within and only later appears as functional or structural pathology.
Dr. J.T. Kent’s view of health
Dr. J.T. Kent looks at a healthy person from the inside out, beginning with the deepest level. Health, for him, is a state where the “simple substance” or vital substance is in order, so that thoughts, affections and will are clear, steady and benevolent, and the body quietly obeys this inner government. In practical terms, a healthy man is one who can think clearly, love rightly, work faithfully and adapt to ordinary physical and emotional stresses without undue disturbance.1
In this state, the person’s freedom is central: freedom to use reason, to make moral choices, and to turn attention away from self-absorption toward duty and service. Health is therefore not measured merely by laboratory normality but by the quality of the whole person – especially the mental and moral plane – and by the ability to live out one’s higher purposes.2
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