Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-17
AwOMAN,s EXPERIENCE.
what Lady of Great Prominence
Has toSay Abont Her Sex.
Boston Globe.


to be of the greatest interest TO all
and especially to our lady readers
The newspaper man met a lady 6
trifie past middle age with luxuri
Gus white hair that contracted
strikingly with piercing black eyes
She possessed a straight, full habit
womanly, but commanding, com
bined with manners wholly lady
like, and yet pronounced. Any
acute Judge of human nature could
see at once that he was in the pres.
ence of an unusual persOnage-one
destined to accomplish more than
most of her sex, and to exert an in
fiuence 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
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 suffer.
ing soldiers. The instances of WON
en- who were in the gratest agony
and apparently beyond the reach oil
human aid, that she has restored to
health and happiness, are almost
innumerable, and it was only nat
ural that the scribe should become
specially interested and wish to con-
verse with her more in detail.
"HOW long have you been engag-
ed in the practice of medicine Mrs.
Wingate 2"
"FOr more than 25years."
ga long time certainly. How
did you happen to enter the field at
that early day when women in the
professions were specially frowned
down upon ?'
II think I must have inherited a
taste from my Father, Professor, J
G. Wood, of Harvard college. He
was eminent in the profession, d
hard worker and equally earnest in
his recreatiOns. He hunted consid-
erably and / remember when only
nine years old | used to dissect the
birds and animals he had killed, ]
felt infatuated with medical science
even then and the infatuation has
continued up to the present time.''
"And did you begin your studies
so early in life ?''
81 can hardly say when 1 began,
for / can not remember when i did
not read medical literature. You
would scarcely believe it. but was
a slender girl and did not weigh
over 120 pounds but used to sit uE
night after night until 2 O'Clock in
the morning porting over my stud
les and never dreaming of the flight
of time.s 1t seemed as though calls
for my attendance on the sick al
ways came unsolicited. / certainly
cannot fix the date when / first be.
gan practicing. Of course most oil
my patients were women, and the
natural sympathy / felt for my sex
has increased during all these years
where | have been brought so close.
ly in contact with them and have
learned to anticipate their needs
and sympathize with their suffer.
ings. After the opening Of the Bos.
ton Medical College / appeared be-
fore the faculty passed examina.
ton and received a diploma, which
L did without any effort"
"YOur experience with the many
and serious diseases of women hav.
ing been so extensive must also be
valuable? Can you give me some
facts regarding them p"
81 find that woman seems born to
suffering, and where she avoids it,
it is by reason of some care on her
part or owing to some special re.
neWing power. 1t is true some
women go through life less in dan
ger, for there are critical periods all
along their pathway when the ut
most precaution is required. The
innumerable complaints called fe.
NAL weaknesses the irregularities
of life and changes of the system all
indicate the perils which, unless
attended to, may result disastrous.
ly."
but is there no way by which
these terrible troubles can be avoid
ed ?'
"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 unusually sue
troubles, but there have been many
cases that seemed specially stub
born. recall one in particular.
had exhausted all the usual expe
dents and the results were not sat
isfactOry. | became worried over
the case and really did not know
what to do, but finally thought l
would try something out of the
usual line. | had heard a certain
remedy recommended very high
ly and so | procured some and
made a chemical analasys of it. l
found it was perfectly pure, and
that the ingredients were unusually
valuable. So | begun giving it to
my patient, changing it, however,
into bottle of my own. To my
great joy it seemed to have an al
most immediate effect and a COM
plete cure was the result. Since
then / have used it constantly In my
practice and have cured every form
of female weakness, as well as dis
placements, dropsical tumors, cellu
dropsy and all such troubles. /
have also used it with the best of
results in cases of pregnancy and
CESSATION. Indeed | have found it
of untold value and benefit.
"Have you any objection of Civ
ing me the name of this remedy of
which you speak ?''
"None whatever. 1t is Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure"
"Why, that is a proprietary medi-
cine ~
Certainly but what of that 1
have but one end in view of the
treatment of my patients namely
their restoration TO health. In the
accomplishment of this end / pre-
scribe what [ believe to be bene-
fetal, no matter what the profess
sional consequences may be-"
81 notice in the New York papers
that Doctors Hammond, Agnew
and other prominent physicians
are taking a similar stand Mrs.
Wingate."
Eyes, and all Independent think
ers of 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 mounted in the form of
badge which had been presented
her by the medical society, known
as the Ensign of the Humble Fam
ily, of which she is a prominent
member. After examining it close
ly, the reporter remarked that the
medical profession evidently ,yara