Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-30
Gaoies' department.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
A FewiFacts.
BY n. l.. d.


/ am woman and ms a woman am utter
ested in the welfare of woman. And what
ever pertains to the health of woman and
consequently her happiness and well being
is subject of vast Importance.
Although l am not as much interested in
man as in woman, yet will here state that
man is not by nature adapted to endure the
manifold cares of house keeping. neither
will he endure discouragements, sickness,
and suffering with the fortitude and nerve Of
woman. On the other hand, woman has
not the physical strength of man, and it is
only possible that she ever had. We see
here the perfect law of adap tation; woman
adapted for domestic duties man for heav-
Ter manual labor. And though human ma
ture has sought out many inventions and
perverted many laws, yet she never has been
able and never will be able to reverse one of
Gods immutable laws. This is an abiding
fact.
1t is true, man has degenerated physically.
Our brothers or husbands cannot do tho
work their fathers did, and our fathers can
not endure the hardships of their ancestors.
1t is rarely that we hear young man say he
was never sick day in his life and never
felt tired. Only one young man of my &C
quaintance is of this class, and Prof. Mich
OILS last winter pronounced him one Of the
most Golath-like persons he ever met.
The question has been asked: "What ails
the men of the present generation~ Their
constitutions have become weakened throu Oh
exposure, overwork of body and mind, IN
digestibe food, stimulating drinks, poisonous
habits, losses and discouragements, and. not
least, through debilities inherited directly
from the maternal parent. The dress Of
man, though not always comfortable OF
healthful, is more so than that of woman
Woman's health has become impaired by
too close confinement indoors, too many
cares, improper diet, hot, stimulating drinks,
unhealthful dress, scrofula inherited, unpleas-
ant marriages, bereavement, (and il the loss
be babe or IL prattling child it will prey
upon the mothers system rs it seldom doe:
on that of the father,) overtaxing the recu'
perative powers, loss of sleep and overwork.
Man has bilious troubles, lung difficulties
sciatca, and various chronic affections
Woman has all these troubles and many
others of various forms and phases, peculiar
TO her female organization.
Three. fourths of the practice of physician:
is among women and children. "W What is
the cause Of so many female diseases at the
present dayP" is question that is asked every
honest, experienced practitioner, doubtless g
hundred times a year. He gives various
reasons, and among them the wearing o
corsets, and skirts unsuspended bearing
down their weight upon the hips. There i;
not IL true anatomist, psychologist, or eth
nologist but knows that corsets and skirts
worn in this manner result in great evils
The rationale of the fact is patent on the
face Of things. Cramp plant at the root OIL
sap its tendrils and what is the resultp Some
organizations will bear this drain mucl
longer than others, and when they begin tC
realize it it is often too late to be remedied
One day, nearly year ago, conversinl
with an old and experienced physician abou
DIR. Strauss, TRANSMISSION of bleod, defbrina
ton, &C., the doctor Remarked 1.-THE stud
of the human system is great study, sub
lime study. | am only on the first round O
the ladder, and above and around me tn
vast field extends infinitely. One thing de
tracts from the beauty of the science, tn
score of quacks that infest the profession
replied, There are quaoks in every pro
iession; they are in the legal profession; WI
see them in the field as lecturers and teach
ersi they are in government offices, an
are sent as ministers to foreign nations"
"Ah, know that, but they do not de0
directly with the materials OF life and death
As go about over the country SEQ case
that can liken to nothing but here one wit
foot cut of, there another with the han
gone, on limb, and here still another com
pletely cut asunder, life's forces entirel
sapped out-extinct, This through the mis-
takes, the blunders, and the ignorance an
heedlessness of Doctors
knowledge may be committed by proxy