Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-06-16
A WOMAN,S ExpERIsNUE.
Whit "a Lady of Grert Prominence Hns to
: ny About Her Sex.
[ RnSlflll (lLlhe l

ny ABOUT Her N6Xs
Boston GtO6e.)
On a recent trip by q representative of
this paper to the city of Haverhill, Mass, q
most important incid mt occurred, which
cannot fail to be of the greatest interest to
all, and especially to our lady readers. The
newspaper man met lady trifle rast
middle age with luxurious white hair that
contrasted etrikingly with piercing black
eyes. She possessed a straight, full habit,
womanly, but commanding, combined with
manners wholly iady-like, and yet pro-
-nounced. Any acu 3 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 fur reaching In lis
power. This lady was Mrs. M. W. Wingate.
Almost from childhood she has taken a
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. Tbs iretanceS OF women
who were in the greatest agony and appar-
emily beyond TIE reach of human aid, that
she has restored to health and happiness,
are almost inuumereble, and il was only
natural that the scribe should become
spec ally interested and wish to converse with
her more in detail.
nOWsAOuH nave you C0ou. 9uSoSCu III buc
practice of medicine, Mrs. Wineate"
For more than twenty-five years." GA
A long time, certainly. How did you
happen to enter the field at that early day
when women In the professions were spe-
cially frowned down uponr
81 think must have inherited taste from
my father, Professor j. Q. Wood, of Hat
ward college. He was eminent In the pro-
session, hard worker and equally earnest in
his recreations. He hunted considerably.
urd remember when only. nine years old
used to dissect the birds and animals he had
Silled. I felt in satuated with medical science
sven then, and the infatuation has continued
up to the present time"
Stand did You begin your studies 30 early.
IN life ?''- '.i
az can hardly saywhen fbegan, for can
uot enember when did not read medic i
literature. You would scarcely te'ieve it,
out YVES a slender girl and did not weigh
over .12 pounds, hut used to sit up night
after night until 2 o'clock in the morning
roring over my studies and never dreaming
of the flight of time. II seemed as though
calls for my attendance on the sick always
came unsolicited. I certainly cannot fix the
date when Ifr ,tbeg.n pra>t cling. OF course
most of my patients were women, and the
natural sympathy feltfor 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
md sympa hize with their sufferings.
After the opening of the Bottom Medical
College appeared before the faculty; passed
examination and received diploma. l had
Jracticed for years previous to that time but
thought it desirable to receive another di-
ploma, which did without any effort"
" Your experience with the many and SER
ious diseases of women having been so OK
tensive must also be valuable. Can you
vrnn r. rfo pocruVdinr IN than "
/" 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
sre :ial renewing power. It is true some
women 90 through life without unusual suf-
fering, but they are none the less in danger,
for there are critical periods all along their
pathway when the utmost precaution is re-
quired. The innumerable complaints called
female weaknesses; the irregularities of life
and changes of the system all indicate the
perils which hang over every woman's Ca
reer, and which, unless attended to, may re-
suit disastrously."
I" But is there no way by which these ter
rible troubles can be avoided?"
"That has been the problem for years.
Ths habit of life and the demands of fash
ion are clearly at war with the health of
women. I have been, perhaps, unusually
successful in my treatment IT their troubles,
but there have been many cases that seemed
specially stubborn. recall one in particu-
lar. 1 had exhausted all the usual expedients
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 some hing out of the usual line.
had heard a certain remedy recommended
very highly and so l procured some and
made chemical analysis of it. found it
was perfectly pure, and that the Ingredients
were unusually valuable. So began giving
it to my patient, changing it. however, into
a bottle of my own. To my great Joy it
seemed to have an almost immediate effect
and a complete cure was the result. Since
then have used it constantly in my practice
and have cured every form of female weak
uess, as we'll as displacements, dropsical tu-
mors, cellu dropsy and all such troubles. 1
have also used it with the best results in
sases of pregnancy and CESSATION, lndeed l
have found il of untold value and benefit.
"Have you any objection to giving me
the name of this remedy of which you
speak 2"
"None whatever. 1t is Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure"
"Why, that is aproprietary medicine"
Certainly, but what of that ! have but
one end in view in the treatment OF my
natients namely-their restoration to health.
In the accomplishment of this end pre-
scribe what 1 believe to be beneficial, no
matter what the professional consequences
may be-"
az notice in the New York papers that
Doctors Hammond, Agnew and other promi-
nent physicians are taking similar stanl,
Airs. Wingate."
Yes, aud all independent thinkers in the
profession are bound to do SO. am, how
ever, on the best of terms with my profess
ional brethren as you can gee, and tts
lady produced a beautiful gold medal
mounted in the form of badge which had
been presented her by tho medical society,
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
nrnnd Of 1Ghnt she had dnna az sha nioht