The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15
LIST OF APPOINTMENTS.
WHAT A LADY OF GREAT PROMINENCE HAS
TO SAY ABOUT HER SEX.
(B0Sto,, Gi0Jc.)


On recent trip by Il represent tive of
this paper to the city OF Haverhill, Mass,
n most important incident occurre 1,
which cannot fail to be of the greatest
interest to all, and especially to our lady
readers. The newspaper man met lady
a triie past middle age with Luxurious
white hair that contracted strlklngly
with piercing black eyes. She possessed
q straight, full habit womanly, but COM
manding. combined with manners who'll
ly lady-liEe, and yet pronounced. Any
acute Judge of human nature could see
at once that he was in the presence OF an
unusual personage-one destined to ac-
complish more than most Of her sex, and
to exert an influence far reaching IN Its
power This lady was Mrs. M: W. Win
gate. Almost from childhood she has
taken a special interest in the bodily
troubles of her sex and has probably
been more successful in relieving suffer-
ing and saving lives than any other wo-
man in America. Indeed, she seems
to have been to women what Florence
Nightengale and Dorothy Dix were to the
suffering soldiers. The Instances OF wo-
man who were in the greatest agony and
apparently beyond the reach of human
aid, that she has restored to health and
happiness, are almost innumerable, and
it was only natural that the scribe should
become specially interested and wish to
converse with her more in detail.
allow long have you been engaged IN
the practice of medicine Mrs. Wingater
"For more than rs years"
"A long time certainly, How old you
happen to enter the field at that early
day when women in the professions were
specially frowned down upon"
II think must have inherited taste
from my Father Professor j. G. Wood, of
Harvard college. He was eminent in the
profession, a hard worker and equally
earnest in his recreations. He hunted
considerably and remember when only
nine wears old used to dissect the birds
and animals he had killed. l felt infatu
ated with medical science, even then and
the infatuation has continued up TO the
present time"
early in life?'
II can hardly say when l began, for
can not remember when did not read
medical literature. You would scarcely
believe it, but l was slender girl and
did not weigh over 100 pounds but | used
to sit up night after night until O'Clock
III the morning porting over my studies
and never dreaming of the Hight OF time.
1t seemed as though calls for my attend
anee on the sick always came unsolicited.
l certainly cannot fix the date when
first began practicing. or course most
of my patients were women, and the
natural sympathy / felt for my sex has
increased during all these years where
have been brought SO closely in contact
with them and have learned to anticipate
their needs and sympathize with their
sufferings. After the opening of the
Boston Medical College l appeared be-
fore the faculty; passed examination and
received q diploma. had practiced for
years previous to that time but thought
1t desirable to receive another diploma,
which did without any effort"
"Your experience with the many and
serious diseases of wemen having been
SO extensive must also be valuable? Can
you give me some facts regarding them"
II find that woman seems born to suff-
ering, and where she avoids it, it is by
reason of some care on her part or owing
to some special renewing power. 1t is
true some women go through life with
out unusual suffering, but they are none
the less in danger, for there are critical
periods all along their pathway when the
utmost precaution is required. The in
Vulnerable complaints called female
weakness the irregularities of life and
changes of the system all indicate the
perils which hang over every womans
career, and which, unless attended TO,
may result disastrously."
"But is there no way by 'Whlon these
terrible troubles can be avoided?
''That has been the problem for years.
The habits of life and the demands of
fashion are clearly at war with the health
of women. have been, perhaps, unus-
ally successful in my treatment of their
troubles, but there have been many cases
that seemed specially stubborn. recall
one in particular. ] had exhausted all
the usual eXpedients and the results We're