Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-03-21
A WOEnan's Experience.
WHAT A LADY OF GREAT PR MfNENCl
HAS TO SAY ALB ,Ur her SIX.
Boston Globe ]

Boston Globe
o. reCen. TRIP by representative
ol this paper TO The ci.y OF Haverhill,
Mass, most important incident oc'
Cured, Which cannt fill TO be OF the
greatest interest to all, and especially
to our l.dy readers. The newspaper
man met a lady tr Il past middle age
With luxurious While hair at cOntrac
ted slrlkiEgl, viii piercing black eyes
She possessed a straight, full habit,
somanly, bur commanding, combined
18th manners wholly lad, Like, and yet
pronounced. Any ucute Judge ot lu.
man nature could see a. once that be
vas 10 The presence Ot an uuosual per-
-onage--one destined to accomplish
more than mtst Of her sex, aud 10 tx.
ert an il hnerc far reaching in it,
power. THIS lady was Mrs. NJ. w
| Wirvate. Almost fiOm chlldhuod shr
nas inken IA special interest IN The bod
ly troubles of her sex AID has probably
be, more successful 10 relieving suff.r-
inz and ,aviDg lives than any otner
Noman in America. Indeed, .he seems
TO have been 10 wOmen what Florence
Nlyhter galr aud Dorothy DIX were 10
the suffering soldiers. TIE instances
IT woman who were 10 the greatest
agony and arpaieully beyond the re"cn
of human aid. that she has restored to
health aud happiness, are almost iu-
uumersb bic, and 1t was only Datura LhaI
he scribe Should become specially in
teresled and wish to converse with her
more in detail.
How long have you been engaged in
The practice Of medicine Mrs. VIM
sate?
For more than 25 years.
~ loug Time certainly. How did
YOU happeu to enter the field at that
early ca warn women iu the prOfrs
sious were specially fro"ned down
upon p
Il think | must have inherited taste
rom my father Professor J: Z. Wood
f Harvard college. He was eminent
10 the profession, lard worker and
equally earnest 10 his recreation. lie
hunted considerably and l remember
when Only niue years old used to Dis
sect the birds aud arimi is he had
killed. felt infatuated With medical
science. even lheu aud the intatuition
has continued up 10 tie present time
And did you begin your studies SO
early in life :?
L can harlly say when began, for
can nol remember when dill not real
medical literature. You would scarcely |
/ believe it. but Was a slender girl and
did not weigh over 10 pounds but l
n-cd 10 si up night after night until /
o'clock 10 tie morning pOring over my /
udies aud never dreaming of The fl lghi
of time. Il seemed az though calls f'r /
my attendance on the ,ick always came f,
unsolicited. | certainly candOt fix the
daDe when | first began practcing.-
Ofcourse most Of my patients were |
women. and The natural smp1thy |
fcl for my sex has increased durln! all
these years where have BEEN brought |
so clos, ly in contact with them aud
have learned to anticipate tn ir needs
and synpAthize with tteir sufcrinsS.
Alt~r The op- p-uing Of the Boston Medi
ca College app ared before The faculty
passed exlninauon and received "
diploma. | had prlctIced for year
pre yious to that time bHl lhouGnt it de-
,irable to receive another dplo a,
Ahlch did without any effort
Your experience Win the many and
serlou. di leases Of omen having been
% extensive must also be valuable ?
Cau YOU give me some facts regarding
them?'
L fnd that woman seems born to
suffering, aud where she avoids it, il is
b, reason OF ONE care on her part or
owIug to some special renewing power.
# is irue some women 90 through lie |
without unus ual suffering, but they are
uoue the less i. danger. for there are
critical eri d, all along their plth"ny
when Ito utmost precautiOu is required.
The innumerable complaints called
male Weaknesses; the irregularities OF
life and changes of the system all in- |
dlcale the perls which hang oyer every |
~ oman's career, and which, unless al
tended TO. may result Gisastrously.'
But is thera no way BY which these |
lerrcle troubles can be avoided? {?
That has been the problem for YEAR.
The habits of life and the demands Of
fashion are clearly at war with the
health of women. l haye been, per-
haps. unusually successful in my treat
meut o. their troubles. but there hay'
been many cases that seemed special, |
stubborn. l recall one in particular.
[ had exhausted all the usual expe'
denis aud the results were not satls-
factory. l became worried over The
case aud really did not know what to
do. but (iuall, thought would Try !
something out of the usual llue. had
heard "A certain remedy recommend d
very highly aud 50 procured some aud
made a chemical analysis Of 1t.
found it was perfectly pure, and thai
the ingredients were unusally valuable
Sol begen giving il 10 my patleul,
changing it, however, into bottle oi
my own. To my great JOY it seemed
10 have an almost immediate Ell c.
AID ccmIlele cure was the RESULT
Since then have used il constantly iu |
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