Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-10
SUGGESTIONS IN TINE.
What a Woman of Prominence in the
Medical World Has to Say
About Her Sex.
Synopsis of q Lecture Delivered by Mrs.
DR.. KentO1s, Before the WOmdnS'
Society of Netc England.
TFrom tbe Home journal, New Yol


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 I'M
derstand; but that it has at last come is GER
taiply 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 astonshes the world.
They who have made q careful investigation
tell us that heather women are much more
able to endure pain than are the women of
civilization, but civilized women would resent
the charge that they are weaker because they
are civilized. A distinguished writer says
off the women of civilization are less able to
endure the taxation of their physical recources
than are heather women, it is a 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 apDear 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 a healthy
body come forth. The maiden feels the
glorious possibilities of life; the mother be-
comes conscious of the grandeur of maternity
and the lows of family. All this is not only
woman's privilege, it is her duty, and it en-
bodies the highest definition of "woman's
rights"
After enumerating many of the blessings
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 constitutionally equal
| to all natural demands. 1t is mistaken and
pernicious notion that one is strong and the
| other weak. No curse was pronounced upon
woman which did not apply with equal pen
atty against man. If women believe the fatal
| ism that disease-is a 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.
| A few weeks ago received call from a
| charming lady, whose earnest face clearly
showed that she desired advice and assistance.
Upon questioning her she stated that she be-
heved she was suffering from paralyZed liver
and wished to know If / 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, a 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. d arrangement of the kid
news or liver causes disease in the organs
which adjoin them just 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
length of time when such was the case. No
serious Inflammation can occur when the
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
l have learned to sympathize while l 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 feel it is
my privilege to-day to state that l 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
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 praising 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 neces-
sary helps which nature provides. The change
| ah1a oh of climatn the of
acting and enervating customs of society, of
fashion and of necessity, all conspire to i'm
PAIR the vitality of women. If we add 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
By no means-on the contrary the wonder is
that she has maintained her physical strength
as she has.
l have not the time TO elaborate this point.
You yourselves very well know what the cir
! cumstances are which have 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 a 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 infammatons and the innumera-
bic ills that make the physical life of woman
so hard to endure.
An enumeration of the troubles to which
woman is subjected and the adaptabilty 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
erininate 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;
L IL