The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-16
A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
WHAT A LADY OF GREAT PROMINENCE HAS
TO SAY ABOUT HER SEA.
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most important incident occurred, which
cannot fail to be of the greatest interest to
all, and especially to our lady readers The
newspaper man met lady trife past
middle age with luxurious white hair that
contracted strikingly with piercing black
eyes. She possessed straight, full habit,
womanly, but commanding, combined with
manners wholly lady-like and yet pro-
nounced. Any acute judge Of human ma
turc could see at once that he was in the
presence Of an unusual personage--on
destined to accomplish more than most OF
her sex, and to exert an influence far reach
ing in its power. This lady was Mrs. NJ.
w. Wingate. Almost from childhood she
has taken special interest in the bodily
troubles of her sex and has probably been
more successful in relieving suffering and
saving lives than any other woman in
America. Indeed she seems to have been
to women what Florence Nightingale and
Dorothy Dix were to the suffering soldiers
The instances of woman who were in the
greatest agony and apparently beyond the
reach OF human aid, that she has restored
to health and happiness, are almost innu-
merable, and il was only natural that the
scribe should become specially interested
aud wish to converse with her more in de-
tail.
"How long have you been engaged IN the
practice of medicine Mrs. Wingate2"
"For more than 25 years"
"a long time, certainly. How did you
happen to enter the field at that early day
when women in the profession were special
ly frowned down upon1"
~ think I must have inherited taste
from my Father Professor j. c. Wood, of
Harvard college. He was eminent in the
profession, a hard worker and equally earn
est in his recreations. He hunted considera.
bly, and remember when only nine years
old used to dissect the birds and animals
he had killed. | felt infatuated with medi-
cal science, even then and the infatuatlen
has continued up to the present time"
And did you begin your studies so early
in lifel"
II can hardly say when began, for l
can not remember when did not read
medical literature. You would scarcely
believe it, but was slender girl and did
not weigh over 1870 pounds but ! used to
sit up night after night until 2 o'clock in
the morning porting over my studies and
never dreaming of the flight of time. 1t
seemed as though calls for my attendance
on the sick always came unsolicited. /
certainly cannot fix the date when first
began practicing Of course most oil my
patients were women, and the natural sym
patty felt for my sex has increased dur
ing all these years where have been
brought so closely in contact with them and
have learned to anticipate their needs and
sympatzize with their sufferings. After the
opening of the Boston Medical College l
appeared before the faculty; passed exami-
nation and received diploma. I had
practiced for years previous 10 that time
but thought it desirable to receive another
diploma, which | did without any effort"
"Your experiences with the many and
serious diseases Of women having been so
extensive must also be valuablel Can you
give me some facts regarding themf.
II find that woman seems born to suffer-
ing, 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 60 through life without unusual
suffering, but they are none the less in dan
ger, for there are critical periods all along
their pathway when the utmost precsution
is required The innumerable complaints
called female weakenness; the irregulari-
ties Of life and changes Of the system all
indicate the perils which hang over every
woman's career, and which, unless attended
to, may result disastrously."
"But ia there no way by which these ter
rble troubles can be avoidedi'
"Ihat has been the problem tor years.
The habits Of lite and the demands of fash.
ion are clearly at war with the health Of
women, have been, perhaps unusually
successful in my treatment of their troub
lee, but there have been many cases that
seemed specially stubborn. ] recall one in
particular. had exhausted all the usual
expedents and the result was not satsfac-
tory. became worried over the case and
really did not know what TO do, but finally
thought would try something out Of the
usual line had heard certain remedy
recommended very highly and so procured
some and made a chemical analysis Of II.
| found II was perfectly pure, and that the
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