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In Deep Pond Hospital, the only remaining almshouse in the United States, Dr. Sweet witnessed all kinds of human suffering and held life conversations with 1,686 patients. Combining many years of medical experience and fluent writing, he revealed all aspects of elderly care in American society and the improper treatment of patients, and put forward the argument that only exercise, healthy diet and a happy mentality can ensure people's health. In Sweet's writing, Shenchi Hospital is like a theater of life with mixed joys and sorrows: it is not only a hospital, but also a shelter, a shelter for the unemployed, a halfway house, and a rehabilitation center. People who need long-term medical care, including ballet dancers, rock musicians, professors, and thieves, have come here. Hens have been raised in the AIDS room. Some people dump their boyfriends here, some find their other half here, some leave with the expectation of a new life, but soon bid farewell to their lives on the streets. In these stories, we see the emotional changes of patients and doctors when facing illness or life and death, as well as true portrayals of the nature, cost and value of physical, mental and spiritual care. This is a new discussion on life, aging, illness and death, and it is a subversive description of the true meaning of medicine. Therefore, Oliver Sachs, the author of "Mistaking My Wife for a Hat," once said that "Heavenly Stop" is worth reading by everyone, especially those who are eager to understand the human nature of medicine. Heaven is very close, but the world is very warm.