The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-04-04
A wOMAN's EXPERIENCE.
VIA, n Lady ofGptAi Prominence Has
10 say About Her seI.
fDoston Globc1


this paper TO the city of Hayerhill, MISS
nmost important incident occurred, when
cannot fail TO be OF the greatest interest 10
ALL and especially TO our lady readers
The newspaper man met lady TRUE
past middle oge, with luxnrious white
hair that cOntrasted strikingly with pierre
ing black eyes. She possessed straight
full habit womanly, but COMMANDING
combined with manners wholly iadylike,
and yet pronounced. ANY acute judge OF
human nature could sec at once that he
was in The presence OF an unusual person
age--Onc destined 10 accomplish more than
most OF her sex, and to exert an influence
far.reaching IN Its power. This lady was
Mrs NJ. W. Wingate. Almost from child
hood she has taken special interest IN the
bodily troubles OF her sex. and las proba'
blybeen more successful in relieving SUI
fering and saving lives than any Other
woman i'm America. Indeed, she seems 10
have been 10 women what Florence Night.
enrale mi Dorothy Dix were 10 the suffer
ing soldiers The instances oil woman he
were in the greatest agony and apparently
beyond the reach Of human aid, that she
has restored to health and happiness, are
almost innumcrablc, and IL was only
natural that the scribe should become
,lec.aily interested and wish to converse
with her more in detail
How long have you been engaged in the
practice OF medicine Mrs. Wingatc?
For more than twenty-five years"
"A long time, ccrtaigly How did you
hupppn 10 enter the field at that early
dly when woien in the profession were
specially iogncd down upon?
81 think | must have inherited taste
from my father, Professor j. G. Wood, OF
Harvard College. lie was eminent in The
profession, u hard worker and equally
earnest in hisrccrcatiDus. lie hunted con
.dorabIy. and remember when only nine
years old used 10 dis,cct tho birds and an
imals he had killed. felt infatuated with
medical science, even then, and the infat-
uuion has continued up 10 the present
time"
And did you begin your studies so
early IN LIFE
II can hardly say wnen began, for
,gn not remember when ! did not read
medical literature. iou would scarcely
believe II. hut / was slender girl and did
not weigh over i2D pounds, but ! used To-
sit up night after night until two O'Clock
IN ihn morning roIlng )vcr my studlcs
puG meyer dyonmntO OF the flight OF time.
II rcenri ~ though calls fpr my attend
ancc uu H.. sick always came unsolicited
! certainly cannot tx the date when frs
began predicting. Oi cOurse most Of my
patients were women, and the natural
sympathy felt ,rc my sex lass increased
during all these years where have been
brought 50 closely IL contact with them
and have learned 10 anticipate their needs
and sympnlh2e with their suitrrinps
iil"r The opening al the Boston Medical
collie ! appeared before thr faculty,
pas ed examination and received a di.
p'uma ! had prJcifced for years previous
10 that tine but thought il desirable to
receive another diploma, which | did with
out any effort
Your experience with the many and
serious diseases Of women having been SO
extensive must also be valuable. C,'
yuu give me som" facts regarding thr.h7'
Il find that woman seems born 10 sui
fcring, and where she avoids IT, H. is by
reason of some care on her part or owing
10 some special renewing power. IL is
true some women % through life without
uuusunl suffering, but they are none tn,
lee, IN danger for there are critical period
All along their pathway when the utmost
,f.clution is required The nuumcrable
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rFut =, thr,c no way hv which these
terrible troubles can be avoided"
That bias teen the problem for wears
TIE habits of lie ana the demands of
,ts' o,nr ' h,yn be we" morbo ,se me",tn
'" ,ir .,n,mssrIl in u,r ,roa,n 'nP'' HrIsu-
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hot tbo irrrcJicn,s wcra nnnsnSo, "' yoim"
M" Sr bc,an oiyinoitto,n notioni o j|,n"
In, 4, hn,ynycr inIo a Ln,ylr NJ nv, ' ",,i7
~ nv rrcst low il seemed IN bova nm NV" ni
n,cst i,nnodiy,c on,c, md a co,,nio,, o,, ~"
wos ,,c rnsult Since lion I Layn ,,seJ 4,
cnnstoutly In rv nroct;co ard horo " 49,, ~
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disni,cem"nt, Jr"nsicoi tnnn "s we, oo,t H.,
drnusy and ali srcb tro,bIos / Lnvo alec
n,oi !, with Tho boet nf res,i,o IN oavo" "sv
"rcrnapcv and ~ rss,,tior hdood "' I,r VI
oHJ !, ~ "" n,djd yaiUn o,J ho"oet nave
.Iayc va" snv obierti"ny to "iyirc ~,
A. "''u wv "ul '"Ie.,IyuS " E,tlnE MT
, .mo ' %, VI 'N'' '''''''S "a WHICH 'o1
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None whatever, II is Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure"
Why, that is proprietary mediciner
Certainly, but what of that? | have
but one end in view in the treatment of nv
patients, namcy-thcir restoration To
health. In the accomplishment of this
end prescribe what | believe to be ben.
ciicial, no matter what the professional con.
~ 'I n"tico ,' ~ ,L De- N,u y.., - A.,
Doctors To", ,"v 10" ",h papers NAV
'" ,Ir.i.in, Ag,eW ana othei
5tanJ Mrs Win S,u'n,'S are taxing similar
w" "Vooo ", n,,a W i,ea,e;
ho nrorosY 'T ~, . ihh" op. 'nlhNers IN
.,r Profession are bound 10 do so. | am,
,''"''',' VA lhe OeS Cl terms WIN my pro