Connecticut western news., 1883-04-25
AWOMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
What a Lady of Great Prominence Has to say About Her Sex.
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this paper to the city of Haverhill, Mass, a most important incident occurred, which cannot fail to be of the greatest interest to all, and especially to our lady readers The newspaper man met a lady a trlt1e past middle age with luxurious white hair that contrasted strikingly with piercing black eyes. She possessed a straight, full habit, womanly, but commanding, comolneo "lCh manners wholly Iady-ike, and yet pro- nounced. Any acute judge of human nature could see at once that he was in the presence of an unusual personage-one destlneo to accomplish more than most of her sex, ana power. This lady was Mrs. M. w. Wingate. Almost from childhood she has taken special interest in the bodily troubles of her sex and has probably been more successful in 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 suffering soldiers. The instances of women who were in the greatest agony and appar, ently 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 spec ally interested and wish to converse with her more in detail.
 "How long have you Teen engaged III the practice of medicine, Mrs. Wlngate!
 "For more than twenty-five years."
 GA long time, certainly. How did you happen to enter the field at that early day when women in the prOfesslons were spe- cially drowned down upon?'
 ''I think I must have inherited taste from my father, Professor J. C. Wood, of liar yard college. He was eminent 1n the pro- fession, hard worker and equally earnest in his recreations. He hunted considerably, and I 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 ?''
 CT can hardly say when began, for can | not remember when did not read medical | literature. You would scarcely believe it, but was slender girl and did not weigh | over 12) pounds, but I used to sit up night after night until o'clock in the morning boring over my studies and never dreaming l of the flight of time. It seemed as though | calls for my attendance on the sick always | came unsolicited. I celtainly cannot fix the date when I first began practicing. Of course most of my patients were women, and the natural sympathy felt for my sex has in creased during all these years where have | been brought so closely in contact with them | and have learned to anticipate their needs 1 and sympa!hize with their suferings: 1 College appeared before the faculty; passed | examination and received a diploma. had | practiced for years previous to that time but l thought it desirable to receive another di- l plOna, WnlCl Qid WlGnOuI any 0uOrt. | '' Your experience with the many and ser ious diseases of women having been so ex- | tensive must also be valuable. Can you | give me some facts regarding them. | {" I find that woman seems born to suffer- | ing, and where she avoids it, it is by reason of some care on her part or owing to some l srecial renewing powers It is true some women go through life without unusual suf- | fering, but they al @ none the less ln danger, for there are critical periods all along their pathway when the utmost precaution IS re | uuired. The innumerable complaints called 1 female weaknesses; the irregularities of life and changes of the system all indicate the perils which hang over every woman's ca leer, and which, unless attended to, may re- l suit disastrousy."
 :. But is there no way by which these ter rible troubles can be avoided?" | "That has been the problem for years. The habit of life and the demands of fash | lon are clearly at war with the health of women. I have been, perhaps, unusually | -uccessful in my treatment of their troubles, | but there have been many cases that seemed ! .pecially stubborn. l recall one in particu lar. I had exhausted all the usual expedientA | and the results were not satisfactory. be | came worried over the case and really did not know what to do, but finally thought would try something out of the usual limo. had heard certain remedy recommende'' very highly and so l procured some and
 made chemical analysis of it. l found .'
 
 were unusually valuable. So began giving ,t 10 my patient, changing it, however, into
 bottle of my own. To my great Joy II
 .cemed to have an almost immediate etfec
 and a complete cure was the result Since then have used it co stantly in my practice
 and have cured every form of female weak
 uess as we'll as displacements, dropsical tu
 .nors, ceIlu dropsy and all such troubles. have also used it with the best results 1T cases of pregnancy and gestation. Indeed # val
 Have you any objection to giving mt
 the name of this remedy of which yor speak ?"
 'fNone whatever, It is Warmers saf'
 Kidney and Liver Cure."
 "Why, that is a aproprietary medicine!''
 Certainly, but what of that have bu
 ore end in view in the treatment of ID.
 patients namely-the;r 1T restoration to health
 In the accomplish 1t of this end l pre- scribe what 1 belle to be beneficial, nc
 matter what the professional consequence
 may be-"
 II notice in the New York papers tha Doctors Hammond, Agnew and other prom nent physicians are taking similar stand Mrs. Wingate."
 "Yes, and all independent thinkers in tht profession are bound to do so. I am, how ever, on the best of terms with my profess 1onal brethren as you can see, and the lady produced a beautiful gold meda mounted in the form of a badge which hat | known as the Ensign of the Humble Family of which she is a prominent member. After examining it closely, the reporter remarked that the medical profession evidently were proud of what she had done, as she migh well be in the possession of such a medal.
 I am proud of that y she replied, "and was also pleased short time since to receive an offer at a large salary to take the pro | fessorship in the new medical college at Wallt | Walla, on ih9 Pacific coast. do not know how they heard of me out there, but I was obliged to decline their offer.''
 " And so, in your experience with the dis | eases of women, you have found success, anC that Warmers Safe Cure has been most l efficient ren @ ly."
 "Yes, I have had unusual success and the remedy of which you speak has been prover of great benefit. There are, however, some | base limitations of it to be found i'll the market; these are bad and should be avoided but the genuine remedy is one of the very | best"
 | And has not the practice of your profess ion injured your health?"
 l ''No, am better now than ever before in | my life. I froze my limbs last winter, whils riding one cold night to see a patient ano | was obliged to remain indoors for over tive months. Otherwise I am healthy, as you can see by looking at me-"
 '' And may publish this interview, Mrs | Wiugate ?'
 | "Yes. If what have told you should be | the means of assisting any women who may ] be suffering, shall be perfectly willing tc have it published"
 THE RICHEST WOMAN IN COLORADO The Kansas City Journal says:-The richest woman in Colorado, it may sur