Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-27
A WoMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
What a Lady OF Great Prominence Has TO Say
About her Sex


About her Sex
,BD,f,., f:}Dir.y
Un i rrrcut tril 10y 3, representative, Of this
paper to the cityol Ha.elhill Nlt,, L mo-:
important inei ,eu; cccGr!ed. which cannot fail
- bc y: tE- ,l.,.t-.t int-le5: = al and e:pe
cially L. oul ladv lea:yIs. The ugwspa er
man met lady triiic past hi Iile age with
luxurious white hair that contested striklnglv
with rIrlclns black eye. Size Possessed It
straight, full habit. wpIHaniN. hut commanding.
combined Wlth luanucr- wholly Iddv-llkc. and
: VT pronounced. ANY acute nudge uf human
, nature could III that lie was III the
presence OF IA unusual Irrsunas,' drs
( tined to accomplish more. than must Of her
,.A, and I" exert an iutiucnc, far reaching, IL
it, power. This lady WAS Mrs VI. W. Win
gate. Almost from cliihmld She has taken a
special interest in the bodily troubles Of her
SEA and has probably been molc successful i'll
relieving suffering and >ayin, lives than any
other woman i'll America. II decd. She seems
I" have been t. women what Florence, Night
engalr and Dorothy Dix were To- the suifcrn.
soldiers The Instances of women who were
III the greatest agony and apparently beyond
the reach of human aid. that >iI,, has restored
t. health an happiness, IN" almost innumrr-
able, and II only natural that the scribe
should hc,Inr specially Interested and wish
I" converse with hen more III detail.
How lon. haI" you h,rn engaged in tn.
Iractic' Of medicine Mr. Win-:,tr:
- For lIorc than - wears.
a long time certainly. How did yuu
happen to enter the field at that early day
frnwnrd down upon:
- think must have Inherited 1t tI~t" from
my father Professor j. 6. W""i, Of Harvard
college. He wa, eminent i'll tll'. Ir"t,.>>i"il 4
hard Worker and ''lually earnest III hi~ rrcr,'a-
tlons. III" hunted considerably and rcnrIn
l-'r when only NM. year, old used t. Il sect
che hr'i- and animals hr had killed felt
infatuated with medical SCIENCE. even them and
the nlatuat"n has continue! up t" tn, present
time
And ,liI Won. begin vo,n studies ,"rrlv in
hf:
&" can hardly say when hrsau, for can
not remember When | did not read medical
literature. l"u would scarcely believe it, hut
] wa> slender 5lrl and did not ,r.h over
| l2o pounds, hut used to >it ny night after
III, ht until O'Clock III the mornin- porting
over my -tudir> and never dr,aImin; uf the
flight "i time. 1t seemed ~ though calls for
my attrndanc on thu SEX always cams mn
solicited ! cert .inv cannot fix the date " hen
first began prtcticing. Oi r"ur>, most I'll
nv Iitrut, were women, and the nature,
sympathy | felt for my >r> ha, increased
,iurinG all thr~,' wears wlrr' | haN, been
brought =" clu>,lN III contact with them and
have learned t" anticipate their h,.,',i> AMI
>vInI;tthII,' with their sUitrrIu.>. After the
, opening of tn. Boston Medical COLLEGE, /
appeared before the faculty, passed cNamlna-
tlun and received Il diploma | had pract!crl
for wears previous To that time hut thought it
desirable t" receive another diploma. " HIGH
: did without any effort.
." \ "ur experience with the many and rl'rN
disease. If women ha,in; been - offensive
must AIS" l." valuable Can You give Inr >"rl,r
facts regarding them:
- tut that woman ~v,HI~ horn I" ~l.ti,rin..
and wirr' -ir avoid, II, II i l's ii ,"Inr
care "n her part OWN, /" ~"ur special
RENEWING power. II i true ~uiItr women .,u
through HE withHt unusual differing. hit
they AR. NONE tn, l,>- in danger. tor there are
critical Icrl"l~ al :,!"n- thrlr r.uhAav when
thu utmost prrcalitIon l. required. Tie m
Vulnerable complaints called female weakness
~, the irr sulariti,- "f HE and changes "f tl,.
system al! lndi, T. the I'crils~sllich hang OYER
every Woman carer, and Which. uilr->
attended 10. NAV result uiS.l>tr,nl-lv.
but Is th"r' n" WAY hv Inch thc-r terrible
, trouble, can hc avoided:
That ha, i"'cn thu problem for Years. Thu
habit OF life an. the demands Il fashion are
clearly at war with thu ,,:utlt # women.
have been, Irrhal~, unusually successful in
my treatment -: th,ir uorblr~. lut there have
been many t;t~,> that ~'r'I.,i -I"ciallN stub
horn. recall eli" IN Particular had ~.
hau~trd all til" usual rNp.ilrut~ AMI the
results were. not satisfactory. | i"',':tn"
worried over the c.,-,' and really did net know
what I" dc. hut finally Thought | w"ui tIy
-"in,thln-; ont 81 the usual linz. | had heard
a certain remedy RECOMMENDED very hI.hlv
and -, procured >,Iuv and u.rl'. a rh, lul,.l
analysis oi II. found Il VA perfectly l'trr
and that the iIl-rr.ii,nf- Wri,' UNUSUALLY talu-
able. ;" | i"'-,an .!Hlir- II t" my patient,