The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
What q Lady of Great Prominence Has
to Say About Her Sex.
Boston GloJc)

On recent trip BIZ representative Of this
payer TO the c.ty Of Haverh Il, Mss, most
import n: incident occurred. which can not
fail to be of the greatest int rest to ali, espe-
ciai Y toour LAZY readers. The news PAPER man
met a Gaiy trife past middle age with lux
urlous ~hite hair tnat contrastei sti ,ingly
with piercing bl .ck eyes. She possessed q
str-ight, Iuli habit, wom4nly, but command
in5, co.Loined with naLners wholly lady-IIke,
and yet pronounced. Any acute judge OF
hun.aa n-ture Could see at once tina. he was
IN tile Presence OF al unusual Person ge-one
destined to aScomp. 81 more than lost OF
her sex, and to cx,rt an Influence far Reach
Ing IN its fowcr. IN Lady was Mrs. VI. W.
Wing t. Aimo>t from childhood she has
taken speci4l interest in the bodily troubles
Of her sex and has probably bee more sue
cessiul IN relieving suffering and saving lives
thu any Other woman IN America Indeed,
she seems to nave been to women what For
ence y ghtengale and Dor thy Dix were to
the suffering soldiers The inst noes of wo-
men who were in the gre test agony an su-
pare .tly beyond the reach Of human aid. that
she has Restored to heath and happiness are
almost iunumerab e, md it was only natural
that the scribe should become specially IN
terestei and wish to converse with Ier more
In detail.
"how long have you been engaged in the
practice of medicine, Mrs. Wingater'
For more tn n twenty-five years"
"a long time certainly. How did you hap
pen TO enter the field at that early day when
wo.nen in the professions were specially
frownei down upoaw
II tn nix must have Inherited taste from
nv ther Professor j. L. Wood of Hary I'd
College He Was eminent in the profession,
hard worker aud equally earnest In his rec
fstious- He hunted co.. sidsra ly, and re-
remember when only nine years old l used
N IN scot NJ, iris a he had Iad
felt inf tuateI with medical scienct, even
then, and the infatustion has continued up to
tie present time"
And diu you begin your studies so early
in lifeP'
II can hardly saw when began, for can
not rememuer when did not read medical
literst ure- YouwJud scarcely teiieve II,
but was slenier girl and did not weigh
over 80 p unds, but l used to sit up night
after night until two o'clock in the orning
por NJ over my studies sad never dreaming
OF the Light Of time. 1t seemed as though
calls for u y attendance on the sick always
came unsol cited. i certainly can not fix the
d -te when first began psscticing. o. course
most OF my Patients were women, and tie
naturaI sympathy / felt for nv sex has in
creased during all these yeats where / have
been brought SO closely in conia act with t. EN-
and have learne to sntici' ate their needs md
sympsthize with their sufferings After the
opening of ths Boston Medical College ao-
pc red before The faculty, passed examination
and received dip oma ] had practiced for
years previous to that time but thought tde-
sirable TO receive another diploma, which /
did without any effort"
"Your experience with the many and SER
Gus diseases of women hsvi been so extern
sive aust a so be valu Bile! Can you give me
some facts regardi q themn
al find tn woman seems born to suffer-
ing, ami where she avoids it, it is by reason
of some care on her DART or owing u some
special renewing power. II Is true some
women 60 through life without unusual suf-
fering, hut they are none the less in danger,
for there are or teal periods all along their
pathway when the utmost precaution il re-
On red The innumeratle com plants called
fema e weaknesses; tie irregularities Of life
and changes OF the system all ind cate the
perils which hang over every woman's career,
and which, unless attended to, may result
disastrously."