The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-12

A Great Social Crime Expos d il
all Of it's Fearful Enormi =.
The Sup, enc 0fFens@
OF Modern CIV
n cation.
p-n,.r Meas.
4. Our whole social system i. wing.
>sii an eminent physician yesterday.
~ talking 'o representative at the
meas. III their outward lives 4 .neri
eau women assume u be more and
-, than the women ui any other ma
li.'aiity. yet if You could know one
half Of the stories II their inner live.
that Come To the knowledge "f a ply
sicisn YOU would be thoroughly h"rri-
fed. The matter Of :e:al murder is
growing To frightful proportions.
Women who think there Is a sort oi
immo'i-sty in showing the signs III
honorable maternity will kill the I'd.
spring secretly without the slightest
computation.
DO I see the items in the papers
almost every day about the arrest Of
some abortiOnist. Certainly Do.
But these men. nafarious rs their
practice is. represent but small por-
ton Of tie evil. Their practice is
mainly with young girls who have
been se.iuced. and are frightened on
the discovery Of their condition.
They 60 10 these men and paw them a
considerable fee to get rid of their
trouble. frequuetly getting r'd Of their
lives in the attempt. Que has con
siderable pity for these poor unfortu.
mates. rendered desperate in their e.
forts L. hide their shame
Well. doctor. among what class Of
people il this crime most prActiced!
Among married women, sir. nj
what We should call the middle and
weather. classes. Ii is q crime al
most unknown among the peer
You saw these ladie. do not GO Ia
the professional abortionisis. Surely
they d. not obtain the assistance 1T
respectable physicians.'
No. In the whole course Of q
practice now extending over thirty
years. ] have never known . respect.
able physician to have anything to
do with the business. There is Q class
known As ladies' doctors who do il.
aud keep up an apparent respectable
ity, but they are always known in the
profession. and | am thankful In cav
We have none in Denver tls; | am
aware ot
do hot regular physician. often
get applications fer services Of the
kind We are speaking Of from their
regular patients,'
oh yes. It's only a short time
since young and very BEAUTIFUL wom-
an called to see me. and after much
circumlocuiion | found out what she
wanted. OF course. I refused To have
anythin: to do with it. She offered
me 81 900. saving she had made sr-
rangements u gD 10 Saratoga this sea.
son. and she meant 10 60. She had
just made the discovery that she Was
enciente. and this would put . stop to
her proposed fashionable enjoyment.
She knew that there was some risk
about it, and As she was rich. she pre-
TERED having a physician Of known
eminence aud skill
What did you say Ia her. doctor,'
Il demonstrated with her OH the
folly Of the course she was taking, in
wanting Ia risk her life and health for
q few weeks visit to fashionable re-
sort. She anyhow didn't want the
bother. then politely dismissed her !
from INV consulting room
Was that the end u: the affair."
No. IT, few weeks later I vas
awakened about one o'clock in the
by her husband To come i'm
mediately to her house. had my
before reached the place. !
! had no sooner reached her chamber !
that ! saw what the trouble WAS. Her
life was hanging by thread.
Did she de-
No. She pulled through. but -I,e
dldDt 60 10 Saratoga.
We'll, you state that ladies doc
Tors are not known in Denver and
that reputable physicians will not help
them. How do they manage it,
NV dear friend. they do il themseI-
ves. The average American woman
knows a great deal more than she is
given credit for They tell one All
aher. Mn. Jones successfully per-
forms tine crime Of killing her own of:
,pring she tells her friends. and they
know 50 much now that the abortion
s,s practice has ceased to be profitable
in large cities. u
There il scarcely ,iay but what =
physician with large practice is not
:alled To the bedside Of women who
are suffering from the effects Ut this
rhine. Ii is not CUR duty to invest !.
,ate the cau.e of sickness. further than
1 assists us in diagnosis Of the case.
Dur mission Is IL repair. to heal: not
10 probe around for curiosity. The
damage is done when the physician j.
,alled. His work is to try to restore
You think. then. that thi. social
rhine Is mainly committed BY women
lido, The example have nara.
ed to you is only ons Of hundreds
hat occur in year in an ordinary
'hysicisns experience. We meet
hem almost every day
What do you consider the chief
auses that induce women 10 commit
bis unnatural acr.' :
Il, IL exiravsgance, love of ea.e !
nd desire to enjoy the superficial IS
'leasure Of what is known as fashion.