Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-03-20
A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
WHAT A LADY OF GREAT PROMINENCE HAS
TO SAY ABOUT HER SEX.
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| cannot ldll 10 oe vi tue GIcdtesI iuteiCst
to all, and especially to our lady readers.
The newspaper man met lady a trife
past middle age with luxurious white
hair that contrasted strikingly with pierre
ing black eyes. She possessed straight,
full habit, womanly, but commanding,
combined with manners wholly lady-like,
and yet pronounced. Any acute judge
Of human nature could see at once that
he was in the presence Of an unusual
personage-one 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 sue
cessful in relieving suffering and saving
lives than any other woman in America.
Indeed. she seems to have been to wo-
men what Florence Nightingale and Dot
o,hy Dix were 10 the suffering soldiers.
The instances of woman who were in the
greatest agony and apparently beyond
the reach of human aid. that she. has re-
stored to health and happiness, are al
most innumerable, and it was only natu-
raj that the scribe should become spec
tally interested and wish 10 converse with
her more in detail.
How long have YOU been engaged
in the practice Of medicine, Mrs. Win
gate
" For more than % years.
a long time, certainly. How did
you happen to enter the field at that
early day, when women in the pro-
LESSONS were especially frowned down
upon:"
IL think that must have inherited
taste from my Father Professor J. c.
Wood. of Harvard College. He was
eminent in the profession, a hard worker
and equally earnest in his recreations.
He hunted considerably and | remember
when only nine years old | used to dis
sect the birds and animals he had killed.
felt infatuated with medical science.
even then, and the infatuation has con-
tinued up 10 the present time"
And did you begin your studies so
early in life =
IL can hardly say when | began, for
| can not remember when did not read
medical literature You would scarcely
believe it, but | was a slender girl, and
did not weigh over 100 pounds, but |
used to sit up night after night until two
o'clock in the morning porting over my
studies. and never dreaming Of the fight
Of time. II seemed as though calls for
my attendance on the sick always came
unsolicited. | certainly cannot fix the
date when first began practising. OF
course most of my patients were women,
and the natural sympathy felt for my
sex has increased during all these years
where have been brought so closely in
contact with them and have learned to
anticipate their needs and sympathize
with their sufFerings After the opening
of the Boston Medical College appeared
before the Faculty; passed examination,
and received a diploma had prac'
,iced for years previous to that time but
thought it desirable to receive another
diploma. which | did without any eff
fort"
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
them :"
"a 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 renewing power.
II is true some women 60 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 fe-
male weaknesses the irregularities of
life and changes of the system all indicate
the perils which hang over every woman's
career, and which. unless attended to, may
result disastrously."
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 of
fashion are clearly at war with the health
of women. | have been. perhaps, unus-
ually successful in my treatment of their
troubles, but there have been many cases
that seemed specially 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, bat finally thought | would
try something out of the usual line.
had heard a certain remedy recommended
very highly and so procured some and
and made chemical analysis of it.
found it was perfectly pure. and that the
ingredients were unusually valuable. Sc
| began giving it to my patient, chang.
ing it, however, into bottle of my own
To my great JOY it seemed to have an al
most immediate effect and complete
cure was the result. Since then | have
used it constantly in my practice and
have cured every form of female weak
ness, as we'll as displacements, dropsica
tumors, cellu dropsy and all such troubles
have also used it with the best of re
suits in cases of pregnancy and CESSATION
Indeed | have found it of untold value
and benefit"