Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-29
A WoMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
What .L"dy OF Grea, PrOminenca
Has to say About Her sex.
boston Globel

i trllle past middle age with luxurious
white hair that Contrasted strikinglv
with piercing black eyes. She possessed
q straight, full habit, womanly. but COM
mauding, combined with manners wholly
'ady-hke, and yet pronounced. ANY
acute Judge of human nature could see
ot 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 reaching
IN its power This lady was Mrs. NJ. w.
WIngate Almost from childhood she
has taken a special interest in the bodily
troubles of her sex and has probably been
more successful relieving suffering and
saving lives than any other woman in
America. Indeed, She seems to have
been to women what Florence Nighten-
gale and Dorothy Dix were to the suffer
ing soldiers. The instances of women
who We're 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.
How long have YOU been engaged in
the practice Of medicine, Mrs. Wingate?"
For more than % years
"a long time certainly. How did you
happen to entertho fed at that early day
when women in the professions Were
specially frowned down upOn|
u think | must have inherited a taste
from my father Professor J. c. Wood,
of Harvard college. He was eminent in
the profession, hard worker and equal
ly earnest in his recreations. He hunted
considerably and | remember when only
nine years old | used to disscct the birds
and animals he had killed. | felt infat-
uated with medical science, even then
and the infatuatiOu has continued up to
the present time"
and did you beoin your studies Sc
early in lifc"
Il can hardly say when | began, for !
cannot remember when ! did not read
medical literature. You would scarcely
believe it, but was slender girl and did
not weigh over 100 pounds, but / used to
sit up night after night until o'clock in
the morning, porting oyermy studies and
never dreaming of the flight of time.
1t seemed as though calls for my attend,
ance on the sick always came unsolicited
! certainly cannot fix the date when I
first began practiciug. OF course most
of my patients Were women, and the
natural sympathy | felt for my sex has
increased during al these years where |
have been brought so closely in contact
with them, and have learned TO anticie
pBte their needs and sympathize with
their sutlerings After the opening of
the Boston medical college / appeared
before the faculty; passed examination
and received diploma. | had practic-
ed for years previous to that time but
thought il desirable to receive another
diploma, which did without any effort.
Your experience with the many and
serious diseases of women having been
so extensive must also be valuable ? Can
you give me some facts regarding
themy"
Il find that woman seems born TO suf-
fering, and where she avoids it, it is
by reason Of some care on her part or
owing to some special renewing pow
er. 1t is true some women go
through life without 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 innumerable complaints
called female weaknesses; the irregular
tiles of life and changes Of the system
all indicate the perils which hang over
every woman's career, and which unless
promptly attended TO, may result disas-
trously."
"But is there no way by which these
terrible troubles can be avoided ?"
THAT has been the problem for years
The habits of life and the demands or
fashion are clearly at war with the
health of women. ! have been perhaps
unusually successful in my treatment OF
their troubles, but there have been many
cases that seemed especially stubborn
recall one in particular. had exhausted
all the usual expedients and the results
were not satisfactory. | became worried
over the case and really did not know
what to do, but finally thought / would
try something out of the usual line, l
had heard a certain remedy recommends
eded very highly and so / procured
some and made a chemical analysis II
i. / found that it was perfectly pure,
and that the ingredients were unusually
valuable SO l began giving it to my
patient. changing it. however, into a
bottle of my own. To my great Joy it
seemed to have an almost immediate
effect and a complete cure was the
result. Since then / have used it
constantly in my practice and have
cured every form of female weakness,
as well as displacemcnts, dropsical tu
mors, cellu dropsy and all such troubles.
/ have also used it with the best of re-
suits in cases of pregnancy and gesta-
ton. Indeed, | have found it Of untold
value and benefit"
Have you any objection to giving me
the name of this remedy of which you
speak"
"None whatever. 1t is Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure"
why, that is proprietary medicine"
Certainly, but what of that? have
but one end in view in the treatment of
my patients namely-their restoration to
health. In the accomplishment Of this
end | prescribe what / believe to be BEN
eticial, no matter what the professional
consequences may be-
Il notice in the New York papers that
Doctors Hammond, Angew and other
prominent physicians are taking sim
liar stand Mrs. Wingate."
YES, and all independent thinkers in
the profession are bound to do 50. am
however. on the best Of terms with my
professional brethren as you can see, and
The lady produced a beautiful gold medal
.,,--,,,+ 4 IN tha form Of q badtrp which