The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-26


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one reason why women endure ps1n
bsstes than msn IN bBcause thsir nerve
6hro csts accustonnsd TO IL.
4 sgAa thu greater longevity OF women be-
inR explAinabie only On she hypothesis OF
their greater insenaibilitv to moral Aad
phyaioAl ~pain-that IL rather fur fetched.
u n An established fact that tho greater
As sdsath ratio among men is due TO their being
more subject TO diaeases induced BY ex-
" nOsure. Women live 4 more aecluded life.
run less danger OF accidents, are less sub
isct 10 pneumonia and such mortal diseases
shat afe caused by exposure. and, therefore,
more OF theIn 1.-Two to = good old ngo n
their average longevity il increased.
hi. Seneca Al. Powell holds = position in,
VIE lHNutty Oh blG HOnh-kEAAu9bC COl1GkGS uC
IN sn orthoppdic surgeon Of prominence
and i practitioner of wide experience.
Il don't know anything about the matt
except from . clinical Standpoint In
Powell said when Iombroso's a,en, e,sts
Wers laid before him. And tre \ "
point Of view there In certainly d Erss ~
Of difference IN the ways in whicl !.
sexes suffer pain. There il a noe. an
what lie says about the indiffcrens,.s MA,
sWhich submit to the surgeons kni...
hut il DOESN'T follow that they feel less pain
than men, who show more concern. They
simply make less fuss about il.
tsWornen are better patients than men.
They are more careful and conscientious
shout following directions. There ID an
ether difference. loo. Tell . man that he
will have TO have his leg amputatsd or he
will die and ~ will be pretty sure to reply
that No would rather die. Then he will
think tho matter over. follow his surgeons
advice and have the leg cut off after all.
Tell = woman tho same thing and she won't !
maks any answer at all. She will lie still /
and think about il. and when she has onos
made up her mind he won't change it.
Nerve fibre from any similar part OF the |
body in tho v sexes shows no anatomical
difference Under the microscope, or in n
way. / am snre that the difference which |
exists between the two sexes
IN the matter Of bearing pain is the result,
I'm A440IoxGG4, Dut OF 1
difference in training.
Pain is woman's heritage. She must
suffer II all her life. She learns that as
~ she begins to learn what IL il to be
4 woman. The tradition passes from
mother 70 daughter. generation after gen
make any fuss about il. And in that way
they get their training in the bearing Of
pain. They get commissioned to il early in
lie and learn to consider pain As a thing
that isn't OF much consequence any way
and isn't worth speaking about.
~ the ability TO bear pain thsre is a
great difference between the women of diff
fcrcnt classes AZ much as there ia between
the two sexes. Take a woman from the
lower Glasses. without education, whose life
has been destitute OF refining and elsvat-
ing influences, and she will finch and
under 9 degree Of pain that d woman
OF training and education will boar se-
renelly. Take q woman Of the uppermos.
society claes, who has been pettsd and
spoiled all be. life until she has come to
herself the center of the universe,
and she bears pain no better than the other
woman does. But take one who is edu-
Gated and refined, who has had training
from life itself and who takes up under
atAndingly the duties of a woman's life,
and you got one who seems to feel less pain
than men and less than the woman from
either Of the other two classes. Blu il ia
all because Of her training in fortitude and
patience.
III have foundaynuch difference, too, in
ability to bear pain in men from different
localities. A westerner who has lived a
9 a time on the front.er will bear stoicully
pain that a city man. will almost faint mn
der Az a single illustration, I once had
the cass Of "a man who had lived years on
the frontier, had been cowboy, rancher and
had finally asnassed great wealth. An arrow
head was irnbedded in his flesh and he
wanted It cut out. He said frankly that he
was afraid to take ether, that he would
rather endure the pain. So he took a bio
orlnk OF brandy, sat down in the chair.
anu sat there until the operation Was fin
ished.
Nearly all men who have lived much
along the frontier | have found to be char
by that same dis. ee ard of pain.
Their life Las kept them constantly in the
of dakloer. death and pain, until
they have lost their fear of those things.
THAT 10 how it is with women. They
have lived with pain until they have censed
tear 1t. 1t is all q matter of education
and surroundings of training."