Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-05-04

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IN recent trip by a representative OF
tiEs paper to tie city Of Hasefhill, Mass 9
mgs. important inc'd mt occurred, when
cannot fail to he of the greatest interest 70
all aid especially to tuv lady rhadsrsi me
newspaper man met q lady a tribe ast
middle age with luxurious white hair ihat
coutrasted strlkiugly with piercing black
eyes. She possessed straight, fun haoi,,
womanly, but commanding combined with
manners wholly lady-like, and yet pro-
ilounced. Any acu i,dge ~ human nature
could see ut once that he was in the presence
ct an unusual personage- destined 70
accom- Ssh more than most of her ser, anu
10 exert an influence far reaching IN us
power This lady was Mrs. NJ. W. WIngate.
Almost from childhood she has taken
sfee1al interest in the bodily troubles Of her
sex and has probably been more successful
IN renewing suffering and saving lives than
any Other woman in America. Indeed, she
seems 10 have been TO women what Florence
Nightingale and Dorothy Dix were to the
suffering sold ers. The Il ances OF women
WHO were in the greatest agony and appar-
entity beyond tie reach of human aid that
she has restored to le1lth and happiness
IRE almost inaumerable, and II was only
natural that the scribe should become
srec ally interest ed and wish to converse with
Ter more in detail.
HoS long have you teen engaged in the
practice Of medicine, Mrs. Wingate2"
For more than twenty-five years.
- long time, certainly. How did you
hqppen 10 enter the field at that early day
WREN women in the professions were spe-
rlaiIy frownel down upon!"
Il think must have inherited ataste from
my father Professor j. @. Wood, of Har-
vrd ltge. He was eminent in the FRO
tession, hard worker and equally earnestin
his Iecreations. He hunted considerably,
remember when only nine years old
Is Il 10 d sect the birds and animals he had
~ led. ] felt infatuated with medical science
wen then, and tie infatuation has continued
up to the present time"
And did you begin your studies so early
in life?'
g can hardly say when began, for can
not ere uber when | did not read medic
Literature. You would scarcely lelieye it,
but wps slender girl and did not weigh
over ~ pounds, but | used to sit up night
after night an il 2 o'clock in the morning
p7rnJ over my stuoies and never dreaming
ot tac flight of time 1t seemed as though
calls Tor my att ndanre on the sick always
anne unsolicited. / certainly cannot fix the
date when fir beg n practiCing. Ofcourse
most OF NY patients were women, and the
tatuHll -y3p thy / felt for my sex has in
elea ed during all these years where / have
been brought so closely III contact with them
Wy ~. SyihIa ME win thelr sunernS5;
- - ~ w ti1e opening OF lhe boatoi Medlcai
N8..esse " ~ aEeu betof9 the faculty paSsed
( tiili.',i@h dhi received ulttoha; nad
,''.'lee9 lor years previous 70 that lline put
4 'iot.sti' - ir,oie 70 receive anotheF III
! Ao =. y Whlch ulu Wlthoui any enort
louI g petlehcs Win me many ana ser
!o.l9 ulse USES OF women having oeea so eX-
tvilSiNo must also De Naiuahie IAN you
= " ~ 5o W. iacls regarding them.
niu llat woman seems porn 10 suner-
NJ aua "ntle me aNolds IT, IL Il ny reason
VI s';ii,e esIe oll her part or owing 10 some
- -. leiieNilis ROVER. ~ IS true soihe
9 g oi!le" ~ tlouIh ne Witaout unusual SUI
t,li.iS' oul tt1 ~ none the less IN DANGER
~ t'iele gre c!ltical PERIODS an along thelr
pll"ay WI Ttleh me utmost precautlon is re,
u lilliuiiletloie complaints caited
!, I'M t'e lrFee9laritles Oh ne
anu ChtilB = ~ the system all indicate the
peuls winch hang over every woman's ca
rcer, ard which, unless attended to, may re-
suit disastrously."
" But is there no way by which these ter
uhle troubles can be avoided"
That has been the problem for years.
The habit of life and the demands of fash
ION are clearly at war with the health of
women. ! have been, perhaps, unusually
SUGGEST full in my treatment # their troubles,
but there have been many cases that seemed
specially stubborn. recall one in partcu-