Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-10
SUGGESTIONS IN TIME.
What a. Woman Of Prominence In the
Medical World Has to Say
About Her Sex.
Synopsis of a Lecture Delicered by Mrs.
DR.. KentOs, Before the Womdns'
Society of Netc England.
from the Home Journal, New York

In all ages of the world, poets, scientists
and men of prominence have looked with
enthusiasm often akin to reverence upon
woman; but it is only within the last few
years that she has begun to assume her right
place, not only in society, but with the world
10 general. Why so desirable an end should
have been SO long delayed it is difficult to IN
derstand; but that it has at last come is GER
tainly cause for gratitude. In her social
sphere, in her mental development and espe-
cially in her physical improvement, woman
has shown wonderful advancement and such
as astonishes the world.
They who have made a careful investigation
tell us that heather women are much more
able to endure pain than are the women of
civilization, but civilized womep would resent
the charge that they are weakerbecause they
are civilized. A distinguished writer says:
eff the women of civilization are less able to
endure the taxation of their physical recources
than are heather women, it is mere accident
al circumstance and one within their con-
troll"
Let us consider for moment the possibili-
ties which present themselves to every wo-
man. When the body is healthy beauty is
certain to appear, even in features and forms
once plain; indeed, it is the only known way
to become beautiful, and all other prepare
tions, powders, stays, and laees are contempt
ible decisions. With health and beauty in all
their attractiveness new life dawns.
ENJOYMENT BEGINS,
and all the luxurious attendants of healthy
body come forth. The maiden feels the
glorious possibilities of life; the mother be-
comes conscious of the grandeur of maternity
and the joys of a family. All this is not only
womans privilege, it is her duty, and it en-
bodies the highest definition OF "womaH's
rights"
0f he
that follow perfect health the speaker con-
tinued:
All these desirable things can be accom-
plished, but in one way only. The Creator
has given both woman and man perfect phys
ical forms, and each is Gonstitutionally equal
to all natural demands. 1t is a mistaken and
pernicious notion that one is strong and the
other weak. No curse was pronou Iced upon
woman which did not apply with equal pen
atty against man. If women believe the fatal
ism that disease is necessary condition of
their existence it is chiefly because
the disciples of the schools of medical prac-
tice have been utterly incapable of competing
with the multitude of ills which, by personal
carelessness or professional incompetency,
they have permitted to fasten upon women.
few weeks ago / received a call from
charming lady, whose earnest face clearly
showed that she desired advice and assistance.
Upon questioning her she stated that she be-
lleved she was suffering from paralyzed liver
and wished to know If l could in any way
aid her recovery. Now, imperfect as her
statement was in regard to the disease which
troubled her, there is no doubt that
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
are suffering to-day, from similar troubles,
who do not recognize their cause so nearly
| as this lady did. Paralysis means death of the
member paralyzed and torpidity of the
liver is the first stage of its dissolu-
| ton. This is one of the most serious ques-
| tions that can arise in the experience of any
woman; for torpid and diseased liver cannot
be cured at once, and it carries with it the ele-
ments of disease to all the other parts of the
system With an imperfect liver, biliousness,
languor, sense of bearing down, constipa-
| ton, displacements, uterine troubles and the
thousand ills which are coupled in their train
come thick and fast. Then follow impure
blood and all the evils which an imperfect cir
| culatiOn cause. A arrangement of the kid
news or liver causes disease in the organs
which adjoin them 1ust as certainly as a bad
peach Injuries the other peaches in the basket.
| Not only this, but when these organs are in a
| healthy state they restore and keep
in order any irregularity which may
occur in the lower portion of the body.
! No woman was ever seriously sick for any
I length of time when such was the case. No
serious inflammation can occur when the
blood is pure, and no blood can be impure
when the liver or kidneys are in perfect or
der.
| have seen very much of the troubles and
| ills to which women have been subjected, and
| / have learned to sympathiZe while | have
| sought to relieve. In endeavorlng to carry
relief have tried to be free from prejudice
| and have in view but one end, namely-to
help those who are suffering; and l feel it is
my privilege to-day to state that | believe
there is a means whereby those women who
are suffering can obtain complete relief and
those who are IN health be con-
| tinued in its enjoyment. A few years
ago prominent and wealthy gentleman re-
/ siding in Rochester, n. Y, was given up to
die of Bright's disease of the kidneys. By
means of simple and purely vegetable remedy
he was restored to perfect health, and he has
since been the means of saving the lives of
many others. So efficient did
HIS DISCOVERY
prove in the case of many well-known men,
that it began also to be used by ladies, and to-
| day, thousands of women in all parts of the
| land, owe their restored health and continued
happiness to the wonderful power of Warmers
| Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Mr.. Warner has
| the written testimony of hundreds of the best
| ladies in the land, enthusiastically prasing the
remedy, and thankfully expressing their graft
| tude for health. These letters are sacred, and
cannot be given to the public, but they over
| whelmingly verify all the facts above stated.
Nature has given woman delicate, watchful,
alert instinct, aud she has found this remedy
to be what her sex for years has needed, to re-
| store and maintain the perfection of nature.
| She resents the imputation that she is bound
| to suffer all the ills that attack her. She rec
ognizes that suffering is but an incident of her
| existence, and that this incident is wholly
within her control, if she can find the peces-
1 LII. ,sob,
able character of our climate, the Outlines ex-
acting and enervating customs of society, of
| fashion and of necessity, all conspire to i'm
| pair the vitality of women. If we sdd to
| these the exhausting duties of motherhood,
| and the mental anxiety for the sue
cess of her husband in all his laud-
| able ambitions, which play upon her ener-
gies, is it surprising that thus burdened she
| should break down under the physical strain?
| By no means-on the contrary the wonder is
that she has maintained her physical strength
as she has.
have not the time To elaborate this point
You yourselves very well know what the cir
cumstances are which haye rendered her life a
burden. You also know that the
PRIMARY CAUSE
of physical degeneration is impure blood. The
performance of the natural functions of wom-
anhood and motherhood is not disease, nor
should it be so treated. Disease is the result
of the transgressions of physical laws by our
ancestors or by ourselves, and the natural
coursings of the blood should not be so con-
sidered. If, however, the blood be impure, it
is certain to produce its poisonous effects in
the parts with which it comes in contact, and
thus cause infiammations and the innumera-
BILE ills that make the physical life of woman
so hard to endure.
An enumeration of the troubles to which
woman is subjected and the adaptabilitv Of
the remedy above named for their cure was
then made by the speaker, who continued:
am aware prejudice exists against pro-
prietary medicines, and that such prejudice is
too often well founded, but we should dis
crininate in our judgments and not condemn
all because some are Inefficient The merits
of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure have
been proven beyond doubt, because they deal
directly with the causes of all female troubles;