Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-31
A WOMAN,S EXPERIENCE.
What a Lady of Great Prominence las
to Say About Her Sex.
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fail to be of the greatest interest to all, espe-
cially to our lad Y readers. The newspaper man
met a LAZY triie past middle age with lux
urious white hair that contrastcl striAingly
with piercing bl .ck eyes. She possessed
str.isht, full habit, womaply, but command
| ing combined with manners wholly lady-llke,
and vet pronounced Any acute judge OF
human n-ture could see at once tina. he was
| in the presence of an unusual person ge-one
| destined to aecomp. .sh more than most Oh
| her sex and to eX rt an influence far reach
/ ing in its powcr. 1hs lady was Mrs. NJ. W.
/ Wing te. Almost from childhood she has
! taken a special interest in the bodily troubles
| of her sex and has pr0bIbiy bee more sue
| cessful in relieving suffering and saving lives
| III IN any other woman in America. Indeed,
! she seems to have been to women what Flor
ence Nghtengale and Dorothy Dix were to
| the suffering soldiers. The inst noes of wO-
men who were in the gre-test agony AMI APP
| mare ltly hey ond the ri ach of human aid. that
! She has restored to health aud happiness,
| almost innumerab.e, Ind it Was only natural
| that the scribe should become specially in
! terested and wish to converse with her more
| in detail.
s.How long have You been engaged in the
| practice of medicine, Mrs. Wingate"
''For more tn twenty-five years"
"a long time certainly How did you hap
| pen 10 enter the field at that early day when
women in the professions were specially
frowned down upOa!'
II think must have inherited a taste from
my father, Professor j. Z. Wood, of HAIRY rd
College. He was eminent in the profession,
a hard worker and equally earnest In his rec
itations lie hunted cohsldera rly, and l re-
remember when only nine years old used
to dissect the birds aud animals he had killed.
felt infatuated with medical sclencr, even
then, and the infatuation has continued up to
the present time"
''And did you begin your stules so early
in lifea'
Il can hardly say when l begin, for | can
not remember when | did not read medical
lterat ure. YCLwould scarcely leiieVe 1t,
but was slen Ter girl and did not weigh
over 100 pounds, but | used to sit up night
after night until two o'clock in the + oinlnG
por.ny over my studies and never dreaming
OF the flight of time. 1t seemed IS though
calls for ny attendance on the sick always
came unsol cited i certainly can not fix the
d tie when first began practicing. Oi course
most of my patients were women, and tie
natural sympathy | felt for nv sex has in
creased during all these yeas wlere l have
been brought SO closely in contact with item
and have learned to anticipate their needs and
synpathiZe with their suffering IS. After the
opening of tn: Boston Medical Colleg. az
re red before he faculty, passed examination
and received onia. had rr cticed for
years previous to that time bnt thought t de-
sirable to receive another diploma, which l
did without any effort"
- our experience WITH tue many anu
ous diseases of women having been so extern
sive II ust so be valu bic? Can you give Inc
some facts regardi z them"'
6 | find th Il woman seems born to suffer-
ing, an / 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 without unusui IL suf-
fering, but they are none the less in danger,
for there are CT tical periods all along their
pathway when the utmost pr-ca1tion Is re-
GU red The innunerahle complaints called
fema'e weaknesses; tie irregularities Of life
and changes OF the system all ind cafe the
perils which hang over every WON ms career,
and which, unless attended to, may result
disastrously."
''But is there no way by VIII ch these terri
BILE troubles can be ayoded2"
THAT has teen the problem for years. Tne
habits of life and the demands OF fashion are
clearly at war with the health Of women. |
have been, perh 4ps, unusually successful In
my treatment of their troubles, but there
have bteu many cases that seemed specially
stubborn. recall one in particular. had
exhausted all the usual exI clients and the
results were not satisfactory. | bee me
worried over the case and really di not know
what to dc, ut finally thought | would try
something out of the usual line. had hearl
certain remedy recommended very highly
and SO procured some and made chemical
analysis of it. | founI it was Perfectly pure,
and that the ingredients were unusually vau-
able. SO l began giving it to my patient,
changing it, however, into bottle of my
own. To my great joy it seemed to have an
almost immediate effect and com nlete cure
was the result Since then | have used it
constantly in my practice and have cured ev-
cry form of female v eakness, as well as dis.
lacel ents. drops cal tumors, cellu dropsy
and all such troubles l have also used it
with the best of results in cases of pregnancy
and CESSATION. Indeed have found it of un-
told value and benefit.
Have you any objection to giving me the
name OF this remedy Of which you sreakl"
None whatever. Il is Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure.n
''Why, that is proprietary medicine"
Certainly, but what Of thatl | have but
one end III view in the tire ltIhent o. my
patients, namely-their restoration tohealth
In the ace mplishment of this end prescrite
what believe to be beneficial, no matter what
tue professional co ssequen may be-"
II notice in the New York papers that
Doctors HI mmond, Agnew and other promi-
nent physicians taking a similar stand,
Mrs Wingaten
.'Yes, and all independent thinkers in the
profession are bound to do so. | am how
ever, on the best oil terms with my profession
brethren as You can see, and the lady pro-
duced be ut full gold me lal mounted in the
form of badge which had been presented
her by the medical s,cety, known as the En-
g On of the Humble Family, of which she is a
lrOminent member. A ter exam ming it close
", the rel orter remarked tn : the medical
profession e,i eltly were proud of VIII she
had done, she might well be N the posses
sion of such medal.
81 am proud of thltn she replied, "and /
was also pleased a short ii since to receive
an offer at a large salary to take the profess
sorsh'p in the new medical college at Walla
Walla, on the Pacific coast. l do not know
how they heard of me out there, but l was
obliged to decline their offer"
'And SO, i'll your experience with the dis
eases OF women, you have found success, and
that Warmers Safe Cure has been most
efficient rene lN?'
'Yes, l have had unusual success and the
remedy of which you speak has been proven
of great benefit. There are, however, some
base limitations of it to be found in the mar
ket; these are bad and Should be avoided but
the genu ne remedy is one of the very best"
"And has not the practice of your profess
sion injured your health!'i
mo, am better now than ever before in
my life. froze my limbs last Winter. while
riding one cold night to patient, and
was obliged to remain indoors for over two
months Otherwise / am healthy, as you can
see by looking at me-"
And may I publish this interview, Mrs.
WingateF'
"Yes. If what have told you should be
the means of assisting any women who may
hac r hc ha r. mill;